In a social media post, Lina Khan wrote about the dangers of industry consolidation with Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Assassin's Creed Shadows has beaten out other 2025 releases like Monster Hunter Wilds and Mario Kart World in European sales.
Microsoft president Brad Smith took to social media to celebrate the fact that the FTC has dropped its appeals against Microsoft.
The denial of this appeal, as well as a previous injunction, might have long-term effects in how the US FTC tackles deals in the tech market.
Former EA chief creative officer Bing Gordon revealed in a conversation with Robert Kotick that EA had the chance to buy Blizzard before Activision in 2008.
Rumours of World of Warcraft coming to Game Pass came about thanks to a promotional email mentioning the title.
Along with Microsoft's catalogue, the rumour also alleges that Bandai Namco's Elden Ring and Tekken 8 are coming to the console.
The team, comprised primarily of former King employees, will work on smaller titles based on popular Blizzard properties, it's claimed.
Following on from a feature we ran some six years ago, here’s another round of fails Microsoft has made – mostly in this current console generation.
Microsoft's Sarah Bond says "core users love Game Pass", and players will see more "really big games" on the service later this year.
Xbox content and services revenue was up by 62 percent during the quarter running from January to March, but hardware revenue slipped by 31 percent.
"Consistent with broader trends in the gaming industry, Activision was already planning on eliminating a significant number of jobs while still operating as an independent company," Microsoft says.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard already seems to be paying off for the company with its new jump in revenue.
"I’m optimistic about our ability to serve our current and future player communities, and to further amplify the shared passion for greatness, polish, and creative mastery that is a hallmark of Bliz...
It's been reported that the game initially started work on Unreal Engine, before shifting to the internal engine Synapse, which also proved to be a troublesome toolset.
Blizzard co-founder and chief design officer Allen Adham is also leaving following layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division.
Matt Booty, Microsoft's president of game content and studios, says some of the developers who were working on the game will be shifted over to other Blizzard projects.
The widespread layoffs will impact Xbox, ZeniMax, and Activision Blizzard, as Microsoft's gaming arm looks to "align on a strategy and an execution plan with a sustainable cost structure."
Diablo 4's next season will bring with it a lot of new content, including a weekly leaderboard for endgame dungeons and a new Construct that players can fight alongside.
"In my first month it came out he threatened to have an employee killed," says former Demonware developer Christina Pollock.
