Industry Electronics Toshiba accepts $15 billion buyout offer from private equity group Toshiba could soon be taken private March 24, 2023, 1:50 PM 11 comments
Industry Gaming Atari is buying retro gaming specialist Nightdive Studios Nightdive will help with Atari's retro-focused growth strategy March 23, 2023, 11:25 AM
Industry Microsoft Internal Microsoft documents and analysis indicate Game Pass cannibalizes sales Turns out letting GP subscribers play games for free is not as beneficial to game sales as Microsoft originally said February 13, 2023, 5:57 PM 8 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft and Activision will miss their contractual merger deadline The FTC has scheduled a hearing for August 2, well after the deal is supposed to close January 12, 2023, 4:32 PM
Industry The European Commission is investigating Broadcom's acquisition of VMware The $61B deal could hinder competition in the lucrative server market December 22, 2022, 8:17 AM
Industry Microsoft Three-quarters of public comments want Microsoft to take over Activision Blizzard In the UK, at least December 22, 2022, 6:58 AM 21 comments
Industry Microsoft Xbox boss Phil Spencer claims Sony plans to grow by "making Xbox smaller" "Sony is leading the dialogue around why the deal shouldn't go through" December 12, 2022, 8:25 AM
Microsoft Gaming Microsoft compares Sony to Blockbuster, confirms 10-year CoD-PlayStation offer "It's as excited about this deal as Blockbuster was about the rise of Netflix" December 6, 2022, 10:55 AM 22 comments
Gaming Industry FTC vote ended split on suing Microsoft over Activision acquisition A split decision means the FTC might approve the deal December 5, 2022, 5:26 PM
Industry The Web Parler says Kanye West is no longer buying the company Just after he told Alex Jones "I like Hitler" December 2, 2022, 5:16 AM
Microsoft Industry Microsoft to head off the EU's January deadline with concessions to secure its Activision acquisition The $69 billion deal also faces a possible FTC lawsuit November 28, 2022, 4:31 PM
Microsoft Industry FTC lawsuit could stop Microsoft's $69 billion takeover of Activision Also, Sony says Battlefield will never compete with CoD and predicts when the PS6 will arrive November 24, 2022, 5:17 AM 10 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft reportedly offered Sony a 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation Another concession, but will regulators buy into it? November 21, 2022, 6:08 PM 14 comments
Industry Microsoft European Commission staff member under fire for saying Call of Duty will remain on "my PlayStation" Phil Spencer agrees with him November 14, 2022, 11:06 AM
Industry Microsoft Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition faces closer examination from the EU Even if Microsoft gets Call of Duty, it might not appear on Game Pass for years November 1, 2022, 7:07 PM 11 comments
Microsoft Gaming Microsoft says Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation "as long as there's a PlayStation out there" Call of Duty won't become an Xbox/PC exclusive, says Phil Spencer November 1, 2022, 5:16 AM
The Web Industry Elon Musk finally takes control of Twitter, fires CEO and other execs Musk looks set to take on the CEO role October 28, 2022, 5:15 AM 185 comments
Industry Elon Musk says he is "overpaying" for Twitter but still believes in its incredible potential No mention of fake accounts, though October 20, 2022, 8:35 AM 21 comments
Industry The Web Kanye West to buy "free-speech" platform Parler West recently had his Instagram and Twitter accounts restricted over antisemitic posts October 17, 2022, 6:49 AM 55 comments
Microsoft Industry Microsoft says UK watchdog investigating Activision deal is being influenced by Sony Call of Microsoft October 13, 2022, 8:17 AM 10 comments
Industry The Web Elon Musk agrees to proceed with Twitter acquisition at original price Will Twitter finally go private? October 5, 2022, 6:15 AM 50 comments
The Web Industry The analysts Elon Musk hired to count Twitter bots found fewer than he expected, claims company 5%, 11%, or 20%, what's the real number? September 28, 2022, 6:51 AM 16 comments
Microsoft Industry Microsoft/Activision Blizzard deal faces in-depth watchdog investigation This is starting to feel like Nvidia and Arm September 15, 2022, 5:15 AM 7 comments
Industry The Web Former Disney CEO: "nastiness" stopped Twitter purchase, platform has "substantial" number of fake accounts Elon will be pleased September 8, 2022, 10:07 AM
Industry Microsoft Sony calls Microsoft offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for three extra years "inadequate" More shots fired September 8, 2022, 8:42 AM 53 comments