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UK provisionally clears Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.K. provisionally cleared Viasat’s plan to buy London-based Inmarsat March 1 after finding the deal would not substantially reduce competition...

PlayStation Shooters Take Up 40% of PS5, PS4 Play Time

PlayStation shooters take up 40 percent of overall play time on PS5 and PS4. This tidbit was revealed by documents pertaining to the controversial...

Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard merger goes into UK regulatory hearing with growing support, dwindling resistance

PaRR (Policy and Regulatory Report) was first to report last week that the UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) scheduled the first two of...

Nintendo signs a ten-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft

More Xbox games expected to follow according to Microsoft Industry rivals Nintendo and Microsoft have just signed a legal agreement that will see Call of...

The Microsoft-Activision tie-up is about much more than just Call of Duty (Steven Weber)

On the 8th of February, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority announced its initial findings in its investigation of Microsoft’s roughly 70-billion-dollar acquisition of Activision....

UK regulators say Activision Blizzard should be broken up

Audio player loading… The UK's Competition and Markets Authority says that if Microsoft is serious about acquiring Activision Blizzard, there's one sure way to...

More Players Chose PS5 for Call of Duty Than for PlayStation Exclusives

More PlayStation players have confirmed they chose to buy a PS5 because of the availability of Call of Duty than they did for any...

Bobby Kotick blasts UK over Microsoft deal, says regulators lack ‘independent thought’ and Britain risks becoming tech ‘Death Valley’

Audio player loading… Activision overlord Bobby Kotick took to the airwaves for the first time in a while recently, telling us what a wonderful...

Crosswell hands in Open Banking report

As she signs off as trustee of the Open Banking Implementation Entity, Charlotte Crosswell has hit out at the lack of long-term vision...

Top tech startup news for Friday, January 27, 2023: Tesla, Signal, Stripe, Tesla, and Wise

Good evening! It’s another light news Friday and as such, we’re going to make this very brief. Below are some of the top tech...

Marion King takes over chair at Open Banking Implementation Entity

The former president of Mastercard UK and ireland, Marion King, has been appointed to suceed Charlotte Crosswell as chair and trustee of the...

What’s happening with Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Microsoft is attempting to persuade regulators around the world to clear its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the biggest deal of its...

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