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Microsoft is cutting around 1,900 jobs at gaming divisions Activision Blizzard and Xbox.

Meta and Call of Duty (CoD) game developer Activision have been sued by the families of the victims killed in a US school shooting over alleged promotion of the use of firearms to minors.

Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa Friday as Republican presidential hopefuls delivered their last pitches to voters.

Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,75,620 crore) deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including Call of Duty to better compete with industry leader Sony.

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant's takeover were published.

Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

Microsoft on Monday asked a London tribunal to pause its appeal against Britain's block on its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,100 crore) takeover of Activision Blizzard to give the parties more time to resolve the dispute. Britain's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in April became the first major regulator to block ...

A US federal court on Thursday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request that it order Microsoft to temporarily hold off on closing its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) purchase of Activision Blizzard, a court filing showed. Any outstanding regulatory hurdle makes it more likely the agreement between Microsoft and Activision will exp...

Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. ...

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

Diablo IV’s season 1 update releases July 20, bringing a brand-new quest line and a battle pass. Titled ‘Season of the Malignant,’ the chapter is set after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character named Cormand, who tasks us with ridding Sanctuary of a festering curse that turns all living beings into bloodthirsty fiends...

Microsoft thinks that Sony PlayStation will release a PS5 Slim model, later this year. In new court documents from the ongoing trial between Microsoft and the US FTC, the former claims that the long-rumoured PS5 Slim will cost $399.99 (about Rs. 32,825). Reports state that the less-expensive console will feature the same hardware as the existing mo...

Activision Blizzard said its studio that developed Call of Duty would set up shop in Barcelona, putting into action its pledge to invest in Europe after Brussels approved Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,000 crore) acquisition of the company in May. The US company said on Wednesday its game developer Infinity Ward, which created the blockb...

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has claimed that video game publishers unanimously agree that Xbox Game Pass is “value destructive.” As part of the ongoing trial involving Xbox parent Microsoft and the US FTC, Ryan appeared in a pre-recorded video deposition stating that Microsoft’s business model for Game Pass has some challenges and it isn’t pr...

Microsoft is cutting around 1,900 jobs at gaming divisions Activision Blizzard and Xbox.

Meta and Call of Duty (CoD) game developer Activision have been sued by the families of the victims killed in a US school shooting over alleged promotion of the use of firearms to minors.

Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa Friday as Republican presidential hopefuls delivered their last pitches to voters.

Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,75,620 crore) deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including Call of Duty to better compete with industry leader Sony.

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant's takeover were published.

Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

Microsoft on Monday asked a London tribunal to pause its appeal against Britain's block on its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,100 crore) takeover of Activision Blizzard to give the parties more time to resolve the dispute. Britain's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in April became the first major regulator to block ...

A US federal court on Thursday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request that it order Microsoft to temporarily hold off on closing its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) purchase of Activision Blizzard, a court filing showed. Any outstanding regulatory hurdle makes it more likely the agreement between Microsoft and Activision will exp...

Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. ...

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

Diablo IV’s season 1 update releases July 20, bringing a brand-new quest line and a battle pass. Titled ‘Season of the Malignant,’ the chapter is set after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character named Cormand, who tasks us with ridding Sanctuary of a festering curse that turns all living beings into bloodthirsty fiends...

Microsoft thinks that Sony PlayStation will release a PS5 Slim model, later this year. In new court documents from the ongoing trial between Microsoft and the US FTC, the former claims that the long-rumoured PS5 Slim will cost $399.99 (about Rs. 32,825). Reports state that the less-expensive console will feature the same hardware as the existing mo...

Activision Blizzard said its studio that developed Call of Duty would set up shop in Barcelona, putting into action its pledge to invest in Europe after Brussels approved Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,000 crore) acquisition of the company in May. The US company said on Wednesday its game developer Infinity Ward, which created the blockb...

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has claimed that video game publishers unanimously agree that Xbox Game Pass is “value destructive.” As part of the ongoing trial involving Xbox parent Microsoft and the US FTC, Ryan appeared in a pre-recorded video deposition stating that Microsoft’s business model for Game Pass has some challenges and it isn’t pr...