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Feb
15

Official Xbox Podcast – February 15, 2024 Episode

After the massive acquisition and closing of Activision Blizzard, new rumors, new speculation had been sparked from it. The whole closing of Activision Blizzard was a blockbuster discussion in 2023, and what spawned from it was speculation, and now rumors. […]

Oct
14

Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition

Activision and Microsoft jointly announced that Microsoft had acquired Activision Blizzard (King). That was in January 2022, roughly 2 years ago. During all that time, Microsoft faced challenges regarding monopoly ideals. As of today, Microsoft only captures 20% of the […]

Apr
11

WWE and UFC unify and create one parent company

WWE is a global wrestling company, but Vince McMahon considers WWE a sports entertainment company. UFC is a Mix Martial Arts company that is globally recognized as an entertainment event. WWE was originally formed as Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), then […]

Jun
30

WWE signs Logan Paul

For those of you who don’t know who Logan Paul, I’ll give you a fresher on who he is: Logan Paul is a YouTuber, Social Media personality, most would call him an influencer. His videos garnered around 5.8 Billion views. […]

May
19

100 Thieves announces they are working on a Video Game

100 Thieves is an organization that was founded in 2017 by Nadeshot. 100 Thieves secured funding from Dan Gilbert, Drake, Scooter, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston, Sequoia Capital, among others. 100 Thieves is an eSports organization that also provides 100 Thieves […]

Jan
18

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

It has been a while since Microsoft has made any shockwaves. In 2020, Microsoft acquired Bethesda for $7.5 Billion, and the deal closed on the second half of fiscal year 2021. So, as of right now, Bethesda is cleared to […]

Nov
22

Dear Bobby Kotick, and the Games Industry

For those of you who don’t know who Bobby Kotick is, he’s the current Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) of Activision Blizzard, Activision, Inc., and co-founder of Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Kotick became C.E.O. in 1991, grew the company from […]

Jul
30

PlayStation 4 Ships 100 Million units worldwide

Sony has been on a roll this generation with PlayStation 4 selling through 96.8 Million units as last reported in April 2019 via the Sony Business Relations site. This morning, Sony not only updated that same Business Relations site, they’ve […]

May
16

Dhruva Interactive acquired by Rockstar

If you don’t know who Dhruva Interactive is, don’t worry, because I honestly don’t, either. They primarily work in the background, working with some of the most iconic names in the game industry. They even worked with Intel. They, directly […]

May
02

Multiple Call of Duty betas coming?

Just moments ago, Activision just finished their 2019 Financial Outlook. There was not much to report, however – there are some tidbits from the investor call that kind-of (I said kinda!) put me on a scent for new information. After […]