Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK

Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by gigatexal on Friday October 13, 2023 @06:42PM (#37876404)

The SC2 professional scene is doing really well I think. Lots of games being played at the highest levels. And tons of content for it on YouTube with some of the best play by play commentators out there. I really enjoy that.

What deep pocketed Microsoft could do is really up the ante and make the prize money for tournaments of say Quake (they own ID) or SC2 and others really high and attract even more buzz etc etc.

I just hope these games and IP don’t just become afterthoughts. Will we get a demonic hell on earth new doom game? Will we get an even more hellish Diablo game? Will we get a SC3?

With all these game studios under one roof I wonder how many games will get axed in the pursuit of “synergies”?

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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by deadmutex on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:23PM (#37876699)

> The SC2 professional scene is doing really well I think

I could easily claim the opposite. There's very little to no mention of SC2 for Blizzcon '23 as well.

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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by gigatexal on Saturday October 14, 2023 @04:15AM (#37878914)

That sucks. I didn’t know that.

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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by deadmutex on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:37PM (#37895404)

Hoping that Microsoft does something with sc2

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