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The Latest Breaking News from Activision Blizzard

How to earn Diablo 4 Twitch drop cosmetics

Watch streams and gift subscriptions to earn in-game cosmetics and a mount.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 monetization explained: Battle Pass, Shop, and is it pay-to-win?

Is Diablo 4 pay-to-win? Here's our full breakdown of the ARPG's microtransaction systems.

Windows Central

Overwatch 2 is having an in-game Pride event for the first time: 'We're here to be authentic to these characters and true to them for Pride'

Several Pride flag cosmetics will be added to the game for free.

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Diablo 4 guide: Everything you need to survive Sanctuary

From bosses to builds to riddle solutions, we've got you covered.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 review-in-progress: The transition to live service buries what makes it great

Clicking demons for the live service of it all.

PC Gamer

Is it time for Satya Nadella to walk away from the $69B Activision Blizzard deal?

Regulators want to block the largest acquisition in Microsoft's nearly five-decade history. But there's a very good reason for Microsoft to fight for the deal.

Fortune

Diablo 4 launch time: Early Access, preload date, download size, and more

Ahead of Diablo 4's release, Blizzard has announced its launch time, preload date, and more.

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Microsoft has filed its appeal to the UK's CMA over the Activision Blizzard acquisition

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition has sailed through regulators, with the UK's regulatory body as the lone standout. Microsoft has filed its appeal.

Windows Central

Microsoft appeals against UK watchdog’s veto of Activision Blizzard takeover

CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves ‘discourages tech innovation and investment’ in UK

The Guardian - UK

Activision Blizzard fined 0.00007% of one year's earnings for not disclosing loot boxes to Europe's game ratings board

Hunt: Showdown's publisher Plaion was hit by an identical fine for the same reason.

PC Gamer

The post-console future: where Xbox is looking for its next big hit

Microsoft is betting on winning business with its subscription service, Game Pass, and looking beyond markets in western Europe and east Asia

The Guardian - UK

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition approved by Chinese government

The Chinese government has given the green light for Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

TechRadar

Activision Blizzard says it's 'committed to the Chinese market' following China's approval of Microsoft acquisition

Activision Blizzard gets a little good news from China for the first time in a while.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 players have started calling people who didn't earn the horse cosmetic in the beta 'bare-mares'

The community has split into haves and have-nots over the Cry of Ashava.

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Microsoft News Roundup: Activision Blizzard deal approved by EU, Bing Chat changes, Mortal Kombat 1, and more

The EU approving the purchase of Activision Blizzard and the official announcement of Mortal Kombat 1 are just some of this week's biggest stories.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia and Microsoft Announce 10-Year GeForce Now Partnership

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Nvidia's GeForce Now, and will add Xbox, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard games to the streaming platform.

Windows Central

Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard reportedly approved in China

Chinese regulator SAMRA reportedly approved Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase for Xbox.

The Week

Microsoft, Activision and the battle with competition tsars

In a “striking show of leniency by a notoriously tough regulator”, the European Commission has approved Microsoft’s $69bn megadeal with games-maker Activision Blizzard, said DealBook in The New York Times – just weeks after the UK’s competition regulator threw it out.

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Xbox is prepared to offer “timed slices of games” as well as adverts

Vice president for games at Microsoft, Sarah Bond, revealed that Xbox is prepared to go down different avenues other than Game Pass.

Windows Central

Overwatch 2 was a mistake

Overwatch 2 has scrapped the PvE campaign leaving fans frustrated and disappointed by the team's approach to the "sequel."

Windows Central

BlizzCon is returning for November 2023

After years of online-focused events, BlizzCon is returning in-person later in 2023.

PC Gamer

Microsoft president clarifies EU cloud agreement, popular games will be 'automatically' licensed to competitors and 'this will apply globally'

This is what got the Activision Blizzard deal over the line with EU regulators.

The Independent UK

UK regulators should consider need for economic growth, warns Chancellor

It comes weeks after the UK competition watchdog halted the 68.7 billion dollar (£55 billion) deal by Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard.

Daily Mirror

Overwatch 2 PvE mode cancelled – and it's a genuine travesty

Hero mode is officially dead and although Overwatch 2 devs have stated we will see elements of it, fans are disappointed.

Windows Central

Satya Nadella: 'Wait for it all to play out' when asked about pulling out of the UK over Xbox-ABK deal

As the storied effort of Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard continues and theories fly left and right, we've got some additional commentary from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella regarding the situation.

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