Tag: Video games
US court rejects stop on Activision acquisition
Activision Call of Duty game, Microsoft The $69 billion deal cleared an important hurdle. (Photo: AP) san francisco Microsoft has taken a step forward with its acquisition of video game…
US court rejects stop on Activision acquisition
Activision Call of Duty game, Microsoft The $69 billion deal cleared an important hurdle. (Photo: AP) san francisco Microsoft has taken a step forward with its acquisition of video game…
UK blocks Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard Microsoft’s takeover of video games company Activision Blizzard has been blocked by British competition watchdogs. (Photo: dpa) London, Dusseldorf The takeover of the video game manufacturer Activision Blizzard…
UK blocks Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard Microsoft’s takeover of video games company Activision Blizzard has been blocked by British competition watchdogs. (Photo: dpa) London, Dusseldorf The takeover of the video game manufacturer Activision Blizzard…
Ten billion sales with games in Germany, but not from Germany
Dusseldorf Computer and video games remain in high demand in Germany. After high growth during the pandemic, sales increased by one percent to around 9.9 billion euros in 2022, as…
Digital location Germany: Games funding exhausted until 2023
Dusseldorf The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) is temporarily stopping new applications for federal games funding. This emerges from an industry circular from the BMWK. “The great…
The comeback of the Berlin games company Wooga
Nai Chang The CEO took over the leadership of the game developer Wooga 2020 from founder Jens Begemann. (Photo: Wooga) Berlin After the media-covered visit by then Chancellor Angela Merkel…
Tencent doubles stake in Ubisoft
Ubisoft booth at Gamescom games fair Visitors to the Gamescom trade fair 2022 in Cologne play at a booth of the gaming company Ubisoft. (Photo: IMAGO/Rüdiger Wölk) Dusseldorf With investments…
Games industry between awakening and consolidation
Cologne At first glance, the euphoria in the Cologne exhibition halls seems great: After a three-year Corona break, visitors are again allowed to attend Gamescom – the largest video game…
GameStop chief financial officer leaves – stock falls in after-hours trading
GameStop store front The company’s stock plummeted after the market closed. (Photo: Reuters) Bangalore Mike Recupero has left the US company, reports the politics and news website Axios, citing a…
GameStop chief financial officer leaves – stock falls in after-hours trading
GameStop store front The company’s stock plummeted after the market closed. (Photo: Reuters) Bangalore Mike Recupero has left the US company, reports the politics and news website Axios, citing a…
GameStop decides on stock split
GameStop logo The share split is planned at a ratio of 1:4. (Photo: AP) Bangalore The US company approved a 1:4 stock split. At the regular close of trading on…
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…
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…