(Photo/Associated Press) In the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s public hearing against Microsoft’s acquisition of Blizzard, Nintendo was accidentally involved. Should Switch be considered a competitor to Microsoft’s Xbox Series S/X and Sony’s PS5? It has become a major focus of discussion, and after discussion, the American judges gave a positive answer. According to “IGN” … Read more
Jakarta – Hong Kong billionaire Henry Cheng’s investment firm, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), has announced it will buy NWS Holding. For this acquisition, the company offered HK$ 35.5 billion, equivalent to US$ 4.5 billion or IDR 67.5 trillion (exchange rate IDR 15,000/US$). As reported by Forbes, Saturday (1/7/2023), NWS Holding itself is part of … Read more
Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in recent years to bolster its publishing capabilities and Game Pass subscriptions. Thanks to the ongoing federal lawsuit, we learned more. Microsoft was considering more than 100 companies to buy in 2021. Among them, Sega, Bungie (creators of Destiny), IO Interactive (Hitman), Supergiant Games (Hades), Niantic (Pokémon GO), Thunderful … Read more
The products and services offered by “BNP Paribas Personal Finance” until now will be preserved “in their full scope”, and will be offered to current and new customers as a product line “PB Personal Finance, part of Postbank” (PB Personal finance by Postbank) “. The “Deposits with a Future” platform will be added to the … Read more
It’s been a few weeks since the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) banned Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard for nearly $69 billion. This is due to concerns that Xbox’s merger with the Call of Duty and Diablo publisher would change the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less … Read more
Reuters agency it said approval of the transaction was expected to take place next week. The EC will probably issue a decision already on Monday. Microsoft made a series of concessions to get regulators to clear the deal. For example, license agreements were concluded with competitors in the field of cloud gaming – for example, … Read more
Jakarta – Struggle Microsoft to be able to acquire Activision Blizzard it feels so hard. If they fail to buy this video game giant, they will have to pay termination fees of up to tens of trillions of rupiah. Microsoft’s loss was conveyed directly by the CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick. He revealed that … Read more
For more than a year the world of gaming awaits news about the possible purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. the assumption deal It has been analyzed for months by different commissions and finally today there is more news about it. The Competition Makers Authority (Competition and Markets Authority, CMA)the body that regulates the market … Read more
The European Commission, which functions essentially as the EU’s antitrust authority, has not yet commented on Microsoft’s new offer. But this is not at all surprising, as the EC staff do not comment on the investigation during its course. In accordance with EC policy, however, it is clear that with the documentation of this case … Read more
Sony demands that Microsoft be forced to sell Call of Duty before acquiring Activision The Japanese electronics giant Sony Group Corp., which produces the PlayStation game console, urged Britain’s Competition and Anti-Monopoly Authority to reject the US software empire Microsoft’s takeover of British computer game development company Activision Bilzard, or to force the US company … Read more