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The narrowing of the probe echoes a similar step at European Union level where the bloc is said to be only focusing on cloud gaming services.
Despite global brouhaha over Microsoft's dominance, the merger may benefit gamers here
'Call of Duty: Warzone' will soon be available for iPhone and iPad users as the hit battle royale shooter game developed by Activision Blizzard is coming to iOS soon.
Last year in January Microsoft announced it would spend $68.7 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard, highlighting how it would get 'Call of Duty', 'Warcraft' and 'Candy Crush' for that fee
Satya (Nadella) pays special attention to the work that we're doing here…. When it comes to investing, India is top of mind, says Microsoft's Kevin Peesker
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it struck a deal to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years when its USD 69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard goes through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony. The blockbuster merger is facing close scrutiny from regulators in the US, Europe and elsewhere. Microsoft, maker of the Xbox game console, faces resistance from Sony, which makes the competing PlayStation console and has raised concerns with antitrust watchdogs about losing access to what it calls a must-have game title. Microsoft President Brad Smith tweeted his thanks to Nintendo, which makes the Switch game console, saying the same offer was available for Sony. Any day @Sony wants to sit down and talk, we'll be happy to hammer out a 10-year deal for PlayStation as well, he said. Smith said the agreement will bring Call of Duty to more gamers and more platforms, and that's good for competition and good for ...
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday
Microsoft has offered a 10-year contract to Sony to make future 'Call of Duty' (CoD) games available on PlayStation, if its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead
Earlier, the company had said it will keep Call of Duty on its rival Sony PlayStation gaming consoles for several more years
The Enforcement Directorate has frozen more than Rs 68 crore worth of deposits after it raided a company and its related entities that ran mobile games and allegedly duped a number of people, including children, by extracting "unauthorised" payments from them and later transferred these to Singapore. The federal probe agency said in a statement that it searched three premises of Coda Payments India Pvt Ltd (CPIPL) as part of a money laundering investigation and added the company has collected Rs 2,850 crore till date, out of which Rs 2,265 crore was remitted "outside" India after retaining certain percentage of revenue for payment of taxes and nominal profits here. The ED said the company ran mobile games such as Garena Free Fire, Teen Patti Gold, Call of Duty and its money laundering case against the company was registered after taking cognisance of multiple police FIRs filed against the company and in some cases, the gaming portals too. "It is alleged that Coda Payments India Pvt.
Nadella said the company will keep growing in some areas after adding approximately 70,000 workers during the pandemic
The disagreement between both firms follows Microsoft's offer to buy CoD publisher Activision Blizzard in a deal worth nearly $69 billion
An obvious concern was that Microsoft could make CoD available exclusively on the Xbox console, undermining opportunities for Sony PlayStation users
Sony, which saw its stock tanked after Microsoft acquired gaming company Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, said it expects to ensure that games like Call of Duty remain available across platforms
Microsoft Corporations proposed $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. is likely to receive a close look from antitrust enforcers in US, in tech sector, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The fugitive Kingfisher tycoon Vijay Mallya is facing the prospect of a humiliating eviction from the luxury Central London home he currently occupies.
Shares of the gaming firm were up nearly 33% before trading was halted
Bengaluru based start-up to develop desi version of multiplayer action game by October end
Top teams from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will have a chance to seize the total $6000 prize pool
Call of Duty has a typically complex revenue structure for massive multiplayer video