Remedy would be a good pick up but I doubt as if I am not mistaken they are in a publishing deal with epic games and are currently closer with Sony, ASOBO is a studio Microsoft should pick up if they can, Dontnod would be a good pick up
Rocksteady wouldn’t be my 1st pick up from WB but they would be a solid pick up as they are talented. Personally though Neatherrealm and Monolith Productions would be the 1st pick up I would get from WB as they own IPs that come along side them. I do think TT games, Rocksteady and Avalanche Software are good pick ups in terms of talent though…
CD/Eidos I doubt my opinion to these will ever change, buy just them feels like just buying Relic and Creative Assembly from SEGA too me, buying SEGA or Square as a whole just makes more sense…
Capcom is easily one of the best pick ups from Japan in my opinion…
Ubisoft is the publisher which I think best compares to the idea of “Sony games” being mainly 3rd person open world actions games granted the quality trends to not be as good but they also trend to release more often so it evens itself out…
I used more JRPGs since Microsoft would likely want to make a statement in Japan (for guardians of the galaxy and kingdom hearts, they are either licensed or owned by someone else (disney) so I didn’t include them) but…I made one for SEGA too because the other graphic was a joke (no offense but it didn’t even have sonic…you know…Mr SEGA)
Just saw from Bloomberg that 4 U.S. senators are pressuring the FTC to review the Activision merger with a letter raising concerns about the deal’s impact on workers.
No need for the politicians to pressure as the FTC has already said they are reviewing the merger since the other department had a conflict of interest. This is laughable attention seeking by those politicians.
It’s also hilarious coming off the recent news of Microsoft as being rated the number one company to work for.
Is that the same complaints that they settled out of court the other day? If so, the politicians are late as always. There’s still a lawsuit ongoing in California, from what I can see.
A spokesperson for the California agency told the Los Angeles Times in a statement that it “will continue to vigorously prosecute its action against Activision in California state court” and added that the state court set a trial date for February 2023.
The Hill reached out to the agency for comment.
The CDFEH [sued the company] in July, alleging it fostered a “frat boy” workplace culture that subjected women at the company to sexual harassment and lower pay than their male peers.
4 senators full of shit for their political points because everyone and including them knows none of the responsibles will be there once its done, most if not all of them will resign instead of being kicked out.
Yes, all for some good ol’ points, no one is forced to retain or stay at the company, Microsoft would just pay the firing/leaving labour costs which is one can of beer for their money.
I haven’t read it yet but I bet 2 out 4 are Warren and Bernie, I guess? Maybe Booker also.
So after the year of allegations where nothing happened and even lawsuit was resolved recently, they want to use “big corporation” card using Microsoft “the best employer in the world” to prevent the merger? lol
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