Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Activision/Blizzard Microsoft Deal Gets DENIED In The UK! Ep 552
An unexpected decision throws a wrench in the Microsoft/Activision deal.
Games are launching soon, but are their release dates what they were originally going to be? Throne and Liberty looks to have an unofficial release window, Redfall comes next week, Omega Strikers launched this week, and Tarisland will now be global. Along with new titles comes some new studios and mergers and a few random bits of news including Dark and Darker petitioning Steam and the UK saying "No" to Microsoft's Activision purchase! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
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Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:03 New/Upcoming Releases (Redfall, Tarisland, Omega Strikers, and Throne and Liberty)
29:05 New Studios/Studio Purchases (Sony and Day9)
37:32 Random Multiplayer News (UK and Microsoft, Dark and Darker, and more)
54:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
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An unexpected decision throws a wrench in the Microsoft/Activision deal.
Things always change...but that doesn't mean they always IMPROVE!
Lots of rumors and a VERY busy release week next week. Let's cover it!
Just when things seemed to be cooling down and rulings were all in...
The gaming industry is a bit of a mess right now.
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