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Sony Acquiring Audio Technology Brand Audeze
Sony has today announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire audio technology brand Audeze. Sony To Acquire Audeze Audeze is a leading name in audio technology and is behind a large portfolio of high-end gaming headphones. The company is based in Santa Ana California and provides high-quality audio…
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Microsoft’s Activision Deal in Further Doubt as Nvidia & Google Speak Against It!
As some of you may be aware, following an announcement shortly before Christmas the FTC in America confirmed that they would be investigating Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision to see, in blunt terms, whether it would represent any breach of anti-competition laws. – Since then, there have been a few…
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Microsoft Goes ‘Pro-Union’ – Likely in an Attempt to Win Some Love with the FTC
Has Microsoft ever given a position before on their stance regarding unionisation within the tech and/or gaming world? I’m not entirely sure to be honest. I’ve always just presumed that Microsoft has always basically done whatever best suited Microsoft’s interests (which may or may not, incidentally, coincide with their employees).…
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Microsoft Regrets Calling FTC ‘Unconstitutional’ in Activision Takeover Hearing
It’s likely, if not probable, that a lot of you who have been keeping an eye on Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision/Blizzard lost track of the latest developments over the Christmas/New Year period. With that being said, however, a lot has happened over the last month so let me quickly…
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Microsoft to Launch Legal Action if Activision/Blizzard Takeover is Blocked!
When Microsoft announced it had agreed on a deal for the £67.8BN takeover of Activision/Blizzard around the start of this year, people were undoubtedly shocked at the news. In many respects though, whether you were happy about it or not, the announcement did seem to pretty much suggest that getting…
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FTC ‘Likely’ to Join EU in Challenging Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard Takeover
It seems increasingly likely that, based on all the information to date, the EU commission currently investigating Microsoft’s potential takeover of Activision/Blizzard is probably not going to approve the deal. – I mean, at the very least, they seem incredibly dissatisfied with the answers (or lack of) Microsoft has currently…
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Microsoft’s Activision Takeover Arguments Detailed in Leaked Sony Document!
I daresay that if you’ve been keeping up with the recent gaming industry news, you’ll be more than a little aware that Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision/Blizzard is currently hitting a few pretty big bumps in regards to them convincing the EU anti-competition commission that the acquisition isn’t merely a…
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Microsoft Caught in a Lie? – Report Says They Offered Sony Just 10 Years of COD!
While certainly creating a lot of shock when it was announced earlier this year, the future of Microsoft’s successful takeover of Activision/Blizzard has, over the last 2 months, only seemed to look more and more doubtful. – A key factor in this is the fact that the EU’s anti-competition regulator…
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Microsoft’s Activision Takeover to Face Further Scrutiny from the EU
While Microsoft shocked the gaming world earlier this year when they confirmed that a $69BN deal had been agreed for the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, this didn’t necessarily mean, nor guarantee, that the takeover would ever be successfully concluded. Let alone, in a timely manner. – Given the scale of the…
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Amazon Set to Imminently Bid for EA Games Acquisition?!
Edit – There seems to be a lot of conflicting information either confirming or denying this potential takeover. We’ll keep you posted. Back in May rumours surfaced on the internet that EA Games (yes, Electronic Arts) might have been potentially up for sale. – Now, while this was initially dismissed…
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Elon Musk Withdraws Twitter Bid – Says Platform Was too Vague on Bot Accounts!
Earlier this year, Elon Musk sent shockwaves through the world of social media when he announced his intention to purchase Twitter in a deal in the region of $44BN. – Now admittedly, based on some of the crazy stuff he has done in the past, this move was relatively tame.…
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Discord Exits Takeover Talks With Microsoft
Back in March, it was suggested that Microsoft was exceptionally interested in purchasing the social media app ‘Discord’ and that the talks were in a ‘very advanced’ and ‘exclusive’ stage. Something that would clearly suggest that a deal was on the verge of being rubber-stamped. Well, following a report via…
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Square Enix Compelled to Confirm They’re NOT For Sale
Following the debacle of Cyberpunk 2077 late last year, although I freely admit that opinions may differ on this subject (and quite tersely too I daresay), I suspect that Square Enix is now one of the few developers/publishers remaining to still have a pretty decent reputation among the gaming community…
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Microsoft Reportedly Closing in on Nuance Acquisition
EDIT – Microsoft has now confirmed that the deal has been agreed pending legal paperwork. Microsoft has certainly been more than a little busy over the last month with rumours and confirmation of deals coming from practically every angle you could conceive. For example, last month reports began to emerge…
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Microsoft in ‘Exclusive Talks’ for Discord Purchase?!
You may recall that earlier this week we reported on the news that Microsoft had apparently lodged a $10BN bid in order to purchase the highly-popular social media application Discord. Well, while many expected that it would be a little while before we heard anything new regarding this, it would…
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