Gaming
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Game Over? Why Sony and Nintendo Won’t Try to 1-Up Microsoft-Activision Deal | Analysis
Game makers EA and Epic are unlikely to be gobbled up next, here’s the state of play
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Would Make $293 Million If He’s Fired After Microsoft Deal
Head of troubled gaming studio has a cushy contract as Microsoft swoops in with $68.7 billion cash acquisition
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Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion in Cash
Xbox maker acquires “Call of Duty” company, becoming world’s third-largest gaming company (by revenue)
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Take-Two to Acquire Zynga in $12.7 Billion Deal
Video game maker (“Grand Theft Auto,” the “2K” games) for platforms buys mobile game maker
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Inside UTA’s $230-Million Gaming SPAC: Is Hollywood Seeing a Future Beyond Movies and TV?
“Power brokers in traditional media markets are recognizing the monetary potential within gaming,” one industry analyst says
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Activision CEO Tells Execs He Will Consider Leaving If Harassment Issues Aren’t Fixed ‘With Speed’
1,200 Activision Blizzard employees have signed a petition demanding CEO Bobby Kotick step down
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Activision CEO Slashes His Own Pay, Pledges ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Harassment Policy
Bobby Kotick also pledges to accelerate diverse hiring and waive arbitration on sexual harassment claims, answering demands from employees
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FaZe Clan to Merge With SPAC and Go Public at $1 Billion Valuation
Pitbull is among investors in gaming and entertainment company
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EA Sports to Scrub Jon Gruden From ‘Madden NFL 22’
Gruden resigned as Las Vegas Raiders head coach after old emails containing homophobic and racist language leaked
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Gaming Industry’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Should Start With Kids, Experts Say (Video)
TheGrill 2021: “For young people coming into games, it is as much a form of expression as it is a form of shared experience of play,” says Gordon Bellamy of Gay Gaming Professionals
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Elodie Games Raises $32.5 Million in New Funding From Andreessen Horowitz, Galaxy Interactive
L.A.-based studio was founded two years ago by Riot Games alums Christina Norman and David Banks
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Netflix’s ‘Tomb Raider’ Anime Series Casts Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft
Agent Peggy Carter will raid the tombs
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Why Is Jake From State Farm in Video Game ‘NBA 2K22’? (Video)
And why is he talking about having “the drip?”
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Movies, TV Shows and Games That Were Altered After 9/11 (Photos)
9/11 changed everything — including a lot of entertainment media released in the early 2000s
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Tripwire Gaming Studio Head Under Fire for Supporting Texas Abortion Ban
John Gibson’s public statement prompts partner game developer Shipwright Studios to cancel its current contracts