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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: Gorion on January 18, 2022, 04:28:27 PM

Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: Gorion on January 18, 2022, 04:28:27 PM
Didn't see this one coming...

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/microsoft-will-acquire-activision-blizzard/
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: SithAfrikaan on January 18, 2022, 05:06:07 PM
If they include something like a wow subscription in xbox gamepass the ripples across the gaming industry will be unheard of.
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: smilodon on January 18, 2022, 10:53:48 PM
If they kept the price down to around a tenner it would be huge.
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: Mikep1212 on January 18, 2022, 11:39:56 PM
Quote from: SithAfrikaan;447676If they include something like a wow subscription in xbox gamepass the ripples across the gaming industry will be unheard of.

Ripples!!! Be like a tsunami
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: TheDvEight on January 20, 2022, 12:45:56 PM
"He also said that Xbox will "offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from their catalogue."

:yahoo:
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: Chaosphere on January 20, 2022, 04:35:15 PM
I liked the bit where Sony's market value dropped 20bn in one day.

:blink:
Title: Microsoft buying activision-blizzard
Post by: Benny on January 25, 2022, 01:54:46 PM
Surely they will put the price of Gamepass up. If they fancied throwing it into an o365 F3 licence that would be nice :)