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Manchester is the UK’s gaming capital, with developers earning £49,878 on average yearly. London comes second, with 1,404 gaming companies…
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Microsoft admits in a court filing as part of the proposed Activision-Blizzard acquisition that game sales suffer when games get added to Xbox Game Pass. We discuss why it doesn’t really matter, why Game Pass matters for games both big and small, and more! Plus: why Kotick has to go if the acquisition is approved, Dead Island 2’s release date changes AGAIN (but for the better this time!), and plenty more!
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The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard could be “harmful to UK gamers”.
As a result, the merger between the two games industry giants is in serious jeopardy. A final verdict from the CMA is due in April, but if the lofty remedies they suggest aren’t met, the whole deal could fall to pieces.
This news was announced via an official press release from the CMA, a department focused on analysing businesses, mergers, and their impacts on the UK economy. In it, they conclude after an independent investigation that the merger would stifle competition in Cloud gaming, harming gamers who can’t afford expensive consoles, and weakening the rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation.