Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition gets preliminary approval from CMA
The CMA says Microsoft has remedied its concerns, but a final decision will come next month.
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The CMA says Microsoft has remedied its concerns, but a final decision will come next month.
Blizzard already confirmed multiple expansions in the works for Diablo 4, and general manager Rod Fergusson claimed they'll be released on a yearly schedule.
Microsoft may finally get to close this ATVI deal, following a new merger application with the CMA in the United Kingdom.
Activision and Infinity Ward revealed that 16 maps from 2009's COD: Modern Warfare 2 have been revamped for the new game's launch.
Players were allegedly making use of an exploit to create copies of items and gold, so Blizzard has put a stop to trading as it looks for a fix.
Currently, only 9 percent of over 115,000 reviews of Overwatch 2 on Steam are positive, making it one of the worst reviewed games on the platform.
Diablo 4 had enjoyed a couple months of high-level viewership on Twitch, but updates in July brought a lot of criticism and backlash from the player community.
Sorcerers are getting late-game survivability buffs and Barbarians are getting a power increase to Unique items in Update 1.1.1.
StreamElements State of the Stream June 2023 report shows Diablo 4 had a staggering 156 million hours viewed on Twitch last month.
The Campfire Chats alongside Update 1.1.1 and future patches are part of Blizzard's effort to be more transparent about major changes to the game.