Tag: Blizzard
Good news for Microsoft’s ‘Activision Blizzard’ acquisition
There was bad news based in the UK in recent weeks regarding Microsoft’s still unconfirmed “Activision Blizzard” purchase. For those who still don’t know Microsoftin the past year Activision Blizzard…
Blizzard “forgot” to record the story – and had to add everything by hand
The Diablo games are milestones in their genre. But the story was probably not that important to the developers at Blizzard at the beginning – because they had “forgotten” to…
Activision Blizzard CEO accuses UK authority of incompetence – They shoot back: “We know what we are doing”
The British competition authority blocked the merger of Activision Blizzard and Microsoft. Acti-CEO Bobby Kotick etches against the authority, but they don’t put up with it. The biggest topic in…
CMA did not approve Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) did not allow Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, out of concern that it would create unfair competition on PlayStation. Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard…
UK blocks Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, but not because of CoD
The British market surveillance authority CMA blocks the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for the important market in Great Britain. Judgments from the EU and the USA are still…
Activision Blizzard loses $7 billion in value in 31 minutes as UK looks to halt Microsoft’s acquisition
On 04/26 Activision Blizzard (WoW, Call of Duty) stock plummets more than 10% ahead of the IPO. The value of the gaming conglomerate fell by about $7 billion in half…
Blizzard is being sued for €39.4 million – Divorce from ex-partner was ugly, could now also be expensive
Blizzard has published online games such as WoW, Overwatch, Hearthstone and Diablo 3 in China for 14 years. For this purpose, a partnership was entered into with the Chinese partner…
Blizzard teases a second Diablo 4 beta
A tweet from Blizzard ignited the web recently, teasing a possible return of the Diablo 4 beta. Enough to arouse the interest of fans eager to return to Sanctuary. New…
Diablo 4 is almost finished, but Blizzard deliberately foregoes an important feature from the past
Even after the Diablo 4 beta, Blizzard is working feverishly on changes and adjustments just before the Hack&Slay is released. While a lot of feedback has now been received, there…
Diablo 4 is about to be released – part 3 started terribly at the time because Blizzard made a big mistake
With the release of Diablo 3, Blizzard made a big mistake that they had to correct years later. The release of Diablo 4 is only a few weeks away and…