The Chief Executive of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, appeared before a federal judge on Wednesday to advocate for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of his company for a staggering $69 billion. Kotick stressed the importance of maintaining Call of Duty’s multi-platform availability and expressed concerns that making the game exclusive to one platform would leave behind the …
Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, appeared before a federal judge on Wednesday to advocate for the proposed $69 billion acquisition of his company by Microsoft. He emphasized that making Call of Duty exclusive to one platform, as critics have suggested Microsoft might do, would alienate the game’s massive player base of around 100 …
The highly anticipated release of The Last of Us Part I on PC has been met with a wave of negative Steam reviews. As of now, the game only has a 33 percent positive rating due to the numerous performance issues it has experienced since its launch. These issues include crashes, stuttering, poor optimization, and …
According to court documents from the ongoing FTC trial over the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft had expressed interest in acquiring gaming giants such as Sega, Bungie, and Niantic in recent years. The Verge reviewed emails that revealed Xbox chief Phil Spencer had written to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood in November 2020, …
PlayStation has unveiled the lineup of free games for April 2023, exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers. These three titles, Meet Your Maker, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and Tails of Iron, will be available for PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/Premium tiers from April 4 until May 1. The highlight of this month’s free games selection …
As you make a contactless payment, you may wonder why it’s not entirely contactless. The reason is that near-field communication (NFC) technology operates at a very short distance, requiring your device to physically touch another device. However, this may change in the near future as the NFC Forum has unveiled a roadmap for NFC technology …
The Last of Us has become a highly anticipated game for PC gamers since its original release on the PS3 in 2013. It has been re-released twice for subsequent PlayStation consoles, standing the test of time. The PC version of The Last of Us Part I is a direct port of the PS5 remake, featuring …
Doom Eternal takes the lead among the exciting new additions to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/Premium catalog this month. Starting on April 18, higher-tier PS Plus subscribers will have the opportunity to play Bethesda’s thrilling demonic shooter. In this game, players engage in intense battles against diabolical monsters using a variety of weapons and …
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft regarding its $69 billion acquisition of Activision, the maker of the popular video game franchise Call of Duty. The FTC is seeking a preliminary injunction that would temporarily halt the merger while the agency’s in-house court assesses its potential impact on competition in …
Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing is rapidly expanding globally. However, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer of ZEE5, a leading Indian streaming platform, believes that password sharing is not a significant concern for them. While they would prefer users to pay for their service, it is not their top priority. According to Anand, password sharing presents …