Bungie to be acquired by Sony in deal worth $3.6 billion
Microsoft isn’t the only video game giant dropping big money on acquisitions. Sony, which makes the PlayStation, announced a deal to buy video game studio Bungie for $3.6 billion. The independent studio not only makes the popular online action game…
U.S. FTC to review Microsoft’s $68.7 bln deal for Activision – Bloomberg News
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 31 (Reuters) – The…
Sony to buy Bungie, makers of Destiny, in deal worth $3.6 billion
Microsoft isn’t the only video game giant dropping big money on acquisitions. Sony, which makes the PlayStation, announced a deal to buy video game studio Bungie for $3.6 billion. The independent studio not only makes the popular online action game…
Netflix Takes Microsoft + ActiBlizz Deal as an Endorsement of the Subscription Model
Earlier this week, during the Q4 2021 earnings call, Netflix COO and Chief Product Officer Greg Peters commented on the news that shattered the games industry: Microsoft’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. Peters took it…
The “Metaverse” of the Microsoft-Activision Deal Is Just a Buzzword
On Tuesday morning, I wasn’t alone in wondering why so many news publications, such as The New York Times, reported Microsoft’s acquisition of the video game publisher Activision Blizzard, in a $70 billion deal—the largest in the history of Microsoft—as…
Game Over? Why Sony and Nintendo Won’t Try to 1-Up Microsoft-Activision Deal
Microsoft’s all-cash purchase of game studio Activision Blizzard (“Call of Duty”) for $68.7 billion is one expensive way to assert dominance over gaming rivals Sony and Nintendo. But don’t expect the makers of PlayStation and the Switch to follow their…
30 Taco Bell Tacos for $10 With Taco Lover’s Pass Deal
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Grand Theft Auto maker buys FarmVille company in $12.7B deal
FILE – A pedestrian walks in front of a sign at Zynga in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words With Friends, in a…
Deal Alert: New Dell XPS Gaming PC with Intel Alder Lake Processor, DDR5 RAM, and RTX 30 Series Video Card Ships in January
Previously Dell’s only PC option that offered an Intel Alder Lake CPU, DDR5 RAM, and RTX 30 series video cards was in the form of the Alienware Aurora R13 gaming PC. At a cost of about $2900 for an Intel Core i7 RTX 3080 combo, it’s out of…
US sues to block Nvidia deal to buy British chipmaker Arm | Technology News
The United States Federal Trade Commission said the deal would give Nvidia control over computing technology that competitors rely on. The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday sued to block US chip supplier Nvidia Corp’s planned $75bn…