Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Buyout: Gamers' Hope or Despair?
The nearly two-year-long saga of Microsoft buying one of the largest video game publishers in the world has come to an end.
The nearly two-year-long saga of Microsoft buying one of the largest video game publishers in the world has come to an end.
Ironically, all it took is for the English (CMA) and the French (Ubisoft) to work together and help out the Americans (Microsoft).
The UK regulator's about-face comes after the Federal Trade Commission lost in court to Microsoft in its attempt to block the deal.
Representatives of the tech giant are set to meet with the UK government next week to decide the next step in its acquisition.
Activision has revealed before that nearly a dozen studios are involved with the development of a Call of Duty game at any point.
As gamer expectations climb higher, publishers are taking the brunt of the financial hit as the costs become steeper by the year.
The spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sent a statement after Microsoft commented that blocking Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal isn't good for Britain.
Of course, Nvidia is among the many companies that have signed a cloud gaming deal with Microsoft in the past year.
The tech giant insists on betting its gaming future on cloud gaming even though it's exactly what tripped up its Activision Blizzard purchase.
Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to appeal to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to change its decision.
This is some Game of Thrones-level type of twist right here following reports that the UK's CMA was getting ready to greenlight the purchase.