Abiodun on Microsoft is officially shutting down Skype on May 5, 2025, to focus on Teams. In an announcement, the company says the decision will enable it to “streamline our free consumer communications so we can more easily adapt to customer needs.” Microsoft is making the transition …
Abiodun on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone are all coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming on October 25th. Microsoft announced this in an Xbox Wire post on Monday. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be …
Abiodun on In preparation for the release of Astro Bot from Japanese studio Team Asobi on the PS5, Sony has announced a new Limited Edition – Astro Bot DualSense Wireless controller. The new DualSense wireless controller – Astro Bot Limited Edition will be available in “limited quantities” …
Abiodun on Microsoft is bringing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Game Pass for Console, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate on Wednesday, July 24th. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was only released last year, and it will be the first Call of Duty …
Abiodun on During its Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, Microsoft announced three new refreshes to its console lineup and they will launch for the holiday season. The lineup includes an all-digital Xbox Series X in Robot White colour with 1TB of storage, an Xbox Series S in …
Abiodun on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be the first title from the popular Activision franchise to launch on day one on Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft announced on Tuesday in an Xbox Wire blog post bringing an end to speculations concerning the availability of the …
Abiodun on On the latest edition of the Official Xbox Podcast, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed that Microsoft is bringing four Xbox games “to the other consoles”. Spencer refused to name the titles, but the other consoles are expected to be the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo …
Abiodun on Despite Microsoft’s recent closure of the $69 billion Activision Blizzard merger, Xbox fans shouldn’t expect to see Activision games on Game Pass anytime soon. In a recent official Xbox podcast (via The Verge), Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed that no Activision Blizzard games will be …
Abiodun on In what is the biggest acquisition in the video gaming industry, Microsoft announced on Friday it has completed the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The acquisition makes Microsoft the third largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony, following a 21-month-long battle with …
Abiodun on Microsoft looks set to complete its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave preliminary approval for the deal to go ahead. The CMA had initially blocked the deal over cloud gaming concerns in the UK, but Microsoft’s …
Abiodun on After failing to finalise its merger agreement in time for the July 18th deadline, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have now agreed to a three-month extension until October 18th to close the $69 billion deal. Microsoft has already won the battle against the U.S. watchdog but …
Abiodun on Microsoft and Sony have agreed to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, which signals that Microsoft will close the Activision Blizzard deal soon. The agreement ends a long-running feud from last year between the two companies after Microsoft announced its proposed $69 billion acquisition of …
Abiodun on Microsoft has moved past one of the major hurdles stopping it from completing its Activision Blizzard acquisition. After a Californian court denied the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s request for a preliminary injunction earlier this week to block the deal, the FTC has suffered another loss …
Abiodun on A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request for a preliminary injection and gave Microsoft the approval to proceed with its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. If the deal is sealed, it will become the biggest ever in the gaming …
Abiodun on Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard merger has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in California after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an emergency motion on Monday to pause the deal, Bloomberg reports. The US judge agreed that a temporary restraining order is necessary …
Abiodun on Microsoft on Sunday announced a new Carbon Black Xbox Series S with 1TB of storage that will launch on September 1st. The new console is priced at $349, and pre-orders are underway. The Xbox Series S black variant keeps the same specifications as the original …