Tag: Electronic game
Buying game studios: Sony counters Microsoft deal
PlayStation booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center Playstation manufacturer Sony counters with its own takeover plan. (Photo: AP) San Mateo The gaming console heavyweights’ shopping spree is picking up…
Are gaming stocks just for gamblers?
League of Legends The manufacturer Riot Games is completely owned by the Chinese tech giant Tencent. (Photo: imago/Le Pictorium) Dusseldorf The gaming industry is currently making headlines every week with…
Saudis take over ESL Gaming for $1 billion
Computer players at an ESL tournament in Katowice in 2019 E-sport is no longer a niche, but has a wide reach. Munich Mega deal in the German gaming industry: The…
Microsoft’s Monsanto moment
Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard Economically correct, but with a risk that is difficult to calculate. (Photo: dpa) If a company spends almost 70 billion dollars, the company knows what it…
The bad apple in the billion dollar deal between Activision and Microsoft
Bobby Kotick Because of the many scandals in his company, the manager is under public pressure. (Photo: imago/ZUMA Press) san francisco Bobby Kotick’s life’s work got a surprisingly big price…
Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft The technology group has announced its largest acquisition to date. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, New York The hardware and software group Microsoft is planning an economically gigantic takeover in the…
Take Two buys Zynga for $ 12 billion
Zynga headquarters in San Francisco The former star of the browser game industry has gambled back in the front row at the latest in the worldwide lockdown and the associated…
Gamestop shoots up at the start of trading
Game stop The share of the computer game dealer had risen at times by around 2000 percent in the past year. (Photo: Reuters) new York The Reddit traders are back.…
The PS5 remains scarce this Christmas
A lack of chips leads to a lack of consoles A rare sight: the Playstation 5 is on the shelf in an electronics store. (Photo: Reuters) Tokyo If you want…
Apple gets a delay in app store changes in the US
App Store verdict Epic Games wanted to fight for the right to operate its own app store on the iPhone in court. (Photo: dpa) San Francisco Apple managed at the…
The video game boom remains unbroken even without a lockdown
San Francisco With the video game developer Zynga, the industry representative presented his figures on Monday afternoon (local time) who could probably look forward to the far-reaching end of the…
“Axie Infinity” is causing a crypto boom in emerging countries
Asia Techonomics In the weekly column, we alternately write about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) If you want to visit the absurd excesses of the crypto…
Legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games enters the next round
Litigation The verdict against Apple is only a partial victory for Epic Games. (Photo: Reuters) San Francisco The legal dispute between Apple and the game developer Epic Games over the…
Apple has to relax rules in the app store for developers
Apple app store icon The group suffered a setback in court. (Photo: AP) San Francisco Apple has suffered a setback in the process with the game developer Epic Games over…