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"Microsoft had already loaded Sony's gun" | 10 Years Ago This Month
Xbox's strong lineup of next-gen games at E3 2013 was no match for Sony promising the same old, same old
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Is Xbox's vision finally coming together? | Microcast
Latest episode available now, discusses yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase
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Activision Blizzard permitted to join Microsoft's appeal against UK regulator
CMA will also be able to present additional arguments against $68.7 billion deal at a hearing today
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Fable and Star Wars Outlaws headline Xbox Games Showcase
Platform holder also unveils 1TB black Xbox Series S, launching September 1 for $349
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FTC fines Microsoft $20m for illegally collecting children's personal information
Microsoft vows to develop "next-generation identity and age validation" system as it addresses violations of COPPA
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Hearing in Microsoft's appeal against CMA to start on July 24
Xbox firm to challenge regulator's decision to block its proposed acquisition of ABK in submissions that may last up to ten days
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Microsoft-ABK deal approved in South Korea
Asian market is the latest to clear the $68.7 billion acquisition without condition
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How Microsoft hopes to defeat the CMA's block against its ABK acquisition
Update: Activision Blizzard also challenges ruling as Xbox firm tells Competition Appeal Tribunal the UK regulator based its decision on "fundamental errors"
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Microsoft vows to appeal as the UK regulator blocks its acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Update: Appeal officially filed after CMA said allowing Microsoft to take a strong position in cloud gaming would undermine innovation
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Microsoft hypes new games console, doesn't talk about games | 10 Years Ago This Month
Microsoft's big unveiling took an audience hungry for the future of games and force-fed them entertainment of the past
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Xbox enforcements to protect players rose to 10.2m in H2 2022
80% of all actions taken were based on proactive moderation, before players reported the incidents
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China approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Update: Microsoft confirms deal was granted "unconditional clearance" by Chinese antitrust regulators
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CMA defends decision to block ABK/MS before UK MPs
The regulator said that the approval of the acquisition would be "turning a blind eye to anti-competitive mergers"
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Introducing the new GamesIndustry.biz Microcast
First episode discusses EU's approval of MS/ABK, Zelda launch sales and Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO
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European Commission approves Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal
Microsoft agrees to let players stream their Activision Blizzard games on competing services for free
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UK regulator adds further restrictions against Microsoft, Activision Blizzard
Competition and Markets Authority says firms need to seek permission before they "acquire an interest" in each other
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Is Xbox's future brighter without Activision? | Opinion
Denied a shortcut to industry leadership, Microsoft's ambitions can be channelled into innovation and creativity – starting with the world-class studios it already owns
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Phil Spencer: "We're not in the business of out-consoling Sony or out-consoling Nintendo"
Head of Xbox says Microsoft "lost the worst generation to lose" with Xbox One, has to compete by doing different things like Game Pass and Xcloud
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Redfall | Critical Consensus
Polished world-building doesn't save Arkane's latest title from a very lukewarm reception
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Ukraine approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Regulators said the European Commission's cloud gaming competition concerns are not relevant to the country
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard won't take no for an answer | This Week in Business
The pair of 800-pound gorillas reacted differently to antitrust regulators until one of them actually stood in the way
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Microsoft's next ten-year deal is with European cloud gaming platform Nware
Xbox firm soldiers on with partnerships despite UK regulator blocking Activision acquisition
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The CMA and Microsoft agree on one thing: the cloud gaming market is what matters | Opinion
For all the furore over Call of Duty, Microsoft would never have made a deal this big just to sell more Xbox consoles
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Microsoft: "This is the darkest day in our four decades in Britain"
Microsoft president Brad Smith expresses shock after its bid to buy Activision Blizzard is blocked, and calls on the UK Prime Minister to "look hard" at the CMA
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Without Activision, what does Xbox do now? | Opinion
The missing ingredient in Microsoft’s Xbox business are the games themselves