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As Bobby Kotick leaves Microsoft and Activision for good, ex-employees recall how Kotick once threatened to 'have an employee killed'

Today marks Bobby Kotick's last day at the helm of Activision Blizzard King, a day this former employee chose to recall a disturbing tale of Kotick's behavior while CEO of the company.

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Microsoft could 'disrupt and threaten' PlayStation business — Sony's Xbox fears laid bare in massive hack

A big leak purports to detail Sony's thinking about Xbox's future, and how PlayStation could be threatened by Microsoft's position.

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EXCLUSIVE: Call of Duty 2024 is indeed Black Ops, set during the Gulf War in the early 90s

Treyarch is gearing up to launch Black Ops "6" in 2024, which will mark the longest development period for a Call of Duty title in recent memory.

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Xbox is on track to knock Sony PlayStation down to third place for the first time in history

Microsoft has now acquired Call of Duty maker Activision-Blizzard, and the implications of that massive transaction are now coming into view. For the first time in history, Xbox is on track to leapfrog PlayStation in gaming software and services revenue.

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This visualization of Xbox's upcoming games roadmap is absolutely insane

Now that Microsoft has finalized its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, the full future roadmap for Xbox first-party games is just absolutely insane. Take a look at it here.

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The Overwatch League could end this season, saddling Blizzard with a $114 million termination fee

Competing teams will vote on whether to end the League at the end of the current season

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U.S. federal Judge Corley finally rules on Microsoft's Xbox-ABK deal: Microsoft WINS

The past couple of weeks have seen the FTC and Xbox come to blows in federal court, over the FTC's desire to delay Microsoft's merger with Activision Blizzard. The decision is finally here.

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Xbox's proposal to acquire Sega actually supports its FTC arguments — here's how

The FTC court case between Microsoft and Xbox has seen a deluge of documents on the inner workings of the company emerge. These documents detail an intent to acquire Sega, and actually support Microsoft's arguments to the FTC. Here's how.

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Phil Spencer is still "confident" that the Xbox Activision merger will go through

"We're out there to find solutions with the regulators who have questions"

GamesRadar

The gamer lawsuit against the Microsoft-Activision deal suffers another blow

A judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that they're likely to suffer "immediate irreparable harm" if the deal goes through.

PC Gamer

EU commission approves Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard acquisition

The EU anti-competition commission has approved Microsoft’s purchase of Activision-Blizzard and believes it will boost the cloud sector

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Microsoft: Block on the Activision-Xbox deal is the firm's "darkest day" in the UK (Update)

Despite claiming to have reduced their concerns, the UK regulator sensationally blocked Microsoft's $69 billion dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft President Brad Smith isn't very happy.

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Yet another major regulator has ruled in favor of the Xbox, Activision-Blizzard merger

Early this morning, Japan's Fair Trade Commission regulatory body seems to be in favor of Microsoft going ahead with its Activision-Blizzard merger.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II sales surpass $1 billion in 10 days

COD: Modern Warfare II is the fastest selling game in the franchise’s history.

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It’s time to give gamer moms their due credit

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