Neowin News Feed for: Activision-blizzard

Capcom would gracefully decline any acquisition offer from Microsoft, says COO

Omer Dursun — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:36:02 +0000

Capcom's COO says that the company will "never" be acquired and that it prefers organic growth to mergers and acquisitions. The studio wants to remain an equal partner and not be bought. Read more...

Microsoft claims Sony fighting increased competition by opposing Activision deal

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has hit back at Sony for trying to derail the Activision Blizzard acquisition. It is the Japanese tech giant that has policies that can be termed as anti-competitive, claimed the Xbox maker. Read more...

Microsoft buying Activision could force gamers to switch from PS5 to Xbox, rues Sony

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:18:01 +0000

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition deal is being probed by Brazil, the European Commission, and the U.S. Sony fears gamers could abandon their PS5 consoles for Xbox if the deal is successful. Read more...

Bobby Kotick's friends under insider trading investigation for Activision-Microsoft deal

Asher Madan — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:58:01 +0000

Three of Bobby Kotick's friends are under investigation by the government for insider trading. The three made a $108 million investment in the company just days before the Microsoft deal was revealed. Read more...

Diablo II Resurrected to release September 23 for XB1, PS4, 5, Series X|S, PC, and Switch

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:58:02 +0000

In a bit of a surprising twist, Blizzard decided to announce the release date of its upcoming Diablo II remaster during Microsoft's E3 event today. The title is coming in the second half of September. Read more...

Blizzard's Overwatch hits new milestone: 10 million players in less than a month

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 07:44:01 +0000

Blizzard is printing money at this point, as its new team shooter, Overwatch has garnered 10 million players in less than a month since its launch. This is the company's only new IP in 15 years. Read more...

Blizzard's Battle.net services under attack by Lizard Squad

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:08:01 +0000

The group that has been responsible for bringing numerous online services offline in the past couple years are up to no good again. This time, they've targeted Battle.net - is it retaliatory? Read more...