News UK blocks Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal $68.7bn acquisition fails over cloud gaming concerns, Microsoft to appeal. April 26, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Microsoft plans swift end to FTC's Activision Blizzard deal concerns - report If CMA approves deal today. April 26, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News UK decision on $68.7bn Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal due this week CMA ruling key to overall success. April 24, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Xbox owners can no longer share game uploads straight to Twitter As Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft. April 21, 2023 Victoria Kennedy
News Halo's franchise director, Frank O'Connor, looks to have left Microsoft UPDATE: Microsoft confirms departure. April 17, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Tetris Effect: Connected one of five games leaving Game Pass soon Drop down. April 17, 2023 Wesley Yin-Poole
News Microsoft now advertising Activision acquisition on the tube Monument to victory? April 13, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Microsoft hackathon footage shows Windows 11 on Steam Deck Operating Systems are go. April 13, 2023 Liv Ngan
News Microsoft responds to re-filed "gamer's lawsuit" against Activision acquisition Says it contains "unsupported and implausible claims". April 13, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Russian intelligence trying to "penetrate gaming communities", Microsoft exec says "It's the Wagner Group." April 13, 2023 Victoria Kennedy
News Microsoft launches PC Game Pass in Ukraine, and swathe of other countries Oman, here's the list. April 12, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Microsoft announces another 10-year partnership, this time with EE "More games to more people, however they choose to play." April 11, 2023 Victoria Kennedy
News Former Halo director Joseph Staten has now left Microsoft entirely "I thank my Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure." April 8, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Sony pounces on Redfall exclusivity drama in latest response to Microsoft's Activision acquisition Slams CMA's recently softened stance as "surprising, unprecedented, and irrational". April 6, 2023 Tom Phillips
News Japan approves Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover "Unlikely to result in substantially restraining competition." March 29, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Activision CEO Bobby Kotick responds to "disappointing" Sony behaviour But it won't affect their long term relationship. March 29, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News US Congress raises concerns about Sony's "monopoly" on Japan's gaming market Claims country is engaged in "blatant anti-competitive conduct". March 28, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Microsoft stops ?1 Xbox Game Pass trial It's "evaluating different marketing promotions". March 27, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover "will not result in a substantial lessening of competition", says provisional CMA findings UPDATE: "Pendulum swings back in favour of deal completing", says analyst. March 24, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Microsoft hasn't "pulled any games from PlayStation" following Redfall PS5 reports "We've expanded our footprint of games." March 24, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Xbox first console platform to offer devs real-time energy consumption of games Next stage in sustainability efforts. March 22, 2023 Ed Nightingale
News Small band of gamers fail to block Microsoft Activision Blizzard bid 10 players teamed up to sue. March 22, 2023 Tom Phillips
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