Esports Insiders Generally Optimistic About Microsoft-Activision Deal
Back in mid-January, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced it would be buying Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) in a $68.7 billion all-cash transaction (pending an FTC…
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Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal Likely to Survive Legal Scrutiny
Microsoft’s Jan. 18 announcement that it intends to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion—which would mark the highest dollar amount ever paid by a tech company…
Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in Mega-Deal Worth $68.7B
Microsoft announced a deal to buy video-game player Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash. If it goes through, it would be Microsoft’s biggest-ever…
Michigan Stands Pat on Embattled Bobby Kotick’s $4M Esports Gift
The University of Michigan has no plans to return a $4 million donation from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick in the wake of allegations that he hid reports of…
Activision Wins Suit Over Wrestler Booker T Likeness in Call of Duty Game
WWE wrestler Booker T. Huffman (known in the ring as “Booker T”) has lost his suit against video-game publisher Activision claiming unlicensed use of his character “G.I…
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Overwatch Spending $80,000 for League’s Undersea Cable at University of Hawaii
Overwatch League will pay more than $80,000 to the University of Hawaii for the right to fly teams to Oahu four times this summer and access an undersea internet cable…
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Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Donates $4 Million to Michigan for Esports Program
As an undergrad at the University of Michigan, Bobby Kotick spent much of his free time playing Pitfall! on his Atari 2600, or putting quarters into a Defender machine…
Hawaii’s Undersea Cable Solves Overwatch League’s Internet Lag
Last year, as NBA and NHL teams went into playoff bubbles and UFC decamped for Fight Island, Overwatch League had a problem it couldn’t solve. With teams spread across…
Esports Organization 100 Thieves Buys Into Call of Duty League
Esports franchise 100 Thieves, one of the most popular and valuable gaming organizations in the world, is joining the Call of Duty League for its second season. 100…
Vlastelica Out as Activision Blizzard Esports CEO and Overwatch League Commissioner
Pete Vlastelica is out as commissioner of Overwatch League, one week before the league’s Grand Finals, according to a statement from the company. Vlastelica is also out…
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