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  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    #techFT
    Ignore the metaverse. The real value in gaming is intellectual property

    Sony and Microsoft say recent deals will help create virtual worlds but the immediate prize is having the best games portfolio

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    US probes Activision CEO’s brunch meeting with trader before Microsoft deal

    Authorities investigate possible insider dealings made on behalf of Barry Diller and David Geffen

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    Due Diligence
    A bet so good that JPMorgan called the Feds Premium content

    Plus, H2O gambles on the rouble’s return and new details in a scandal that rocked Japan Inc

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    US probes Diller and Geffen over Activision trades before $75bn merger

    Media tycoon and music mogul are being investigated for potential insider trading

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    LexGames industry
    Video games: hunt for the mobile mega-deal Premium content

    Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard underscores importance of new model

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Buffett bought $1bn stake in Activision weeks before Microsoft deal

    Berkshire Hathaway discloses holding of video games maker in securities filing

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    InterviewMicrosoft Corp
    Microsoft chief hails $75bn Activision deal as grand step into metaverse

    In first interview since acquisition, Satya Nadella says gaming will power tech giant’s computing transformation

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    FT CollectionsTech Exchange
    Satya Nadella: ‘Being great at game building gives us permission to build the next internet’

    In the first of a new series of monthly ‘Tech Exchange’ interviews, the Microsoft boss explains why his $75b deal for Activision Blizzard is central to shaping online interactions in the metaverse

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    Why gaming is the new Big Tech battleground

    Microsoft’s $75bn purchase of Activision could trigger an overhaul of the industry

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Activision workplace scandal turns gaming giant into prime target

    Agreed $75bn sale to Microsoft would cap a groundbreaking career for Bobby Kotick

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    News in-depthTechnology regulation
    ‘Too big to be ignored’: Microsoft-Activision deal tests regulators

    $75bn takeover agreed for gaming company seen as ‘ideal opportunity’ for agencies to flex muscle

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    #techFT
    Sony suffers fallout from Call of Duty deal

    ByteDance curbs investments, 5G runway limits, Bentley’s Flying Spur

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    LexElaine Moore
    The Lex Newsletter: Nadella wants Activision sales more than metaverse Premium content

    With 390m monthly active users, it is easy to see why the video game publisher’s numbers have appealed to Microsoft

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    LexSony Corp
    Sony/Microsoft: Activision deal will activate copycat M&A wave Premium content

    Drop in the Japanese group’s shares looks overdone but a knee-jerk reaction is understandable

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Sony Entertainment Inc.
    Sony shares fall 13% after Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

    US tech group’s bid wiped $20bn from the Japanese company’s valuation in a day

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Microsoft’s $75bn bet on Activision sets off content wars in gaming

    Satya Nadella’s vision of a one-stop shop for gaming threatens to reshape $200bn global industry

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard for $75bn

    Tech group looks to expand reach in gaming world with its biggest-ever acquisition

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    LexMicrosoft Corp
    Microsoft/Activision: titan pays up to seize bigger chunk of metaverse Premium content

    Technology company to acquire group at aggregate purchase price of $68.7bn

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    #techFT
    Activision leverages itself into metaverse

    Meta’s VR patents, airlines’ 5G fears, The Matrix Awakens

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Activision Blizzard fired 20 employees over harassment claims

    Letter to staff says video gaming company has also reprimanded 20 individuals following widespread allegations

  • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
    FT MagazineLeo Lewis
    At 50, the video games industry is grappling with its sense of self

    ‘Golden ages’ have been variously declared at different points throughout gaming’s history . . . it is not obvious that we are in one now

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Activision executive exits as group grapples with harassment allegations

    Lawsuit claims managers ‘failed to take effective remedial measures in response’ to complaints from employees

  • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
    On Wall StreetAndrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
    Activision shows the case for changing the CEO pay game

    Boards that believe stock motivates executives should extend that logic to other employees

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Executive Pay
    Activision Blizzard CEO’s $155m pay package approved after delay

    Just over half of shareholders back vote on Bobby Kotick’s remuneration that company had pushed back amid activist pressure

  • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
    Executive Pay
    Activision faces showdown on $155m CEO pay after dodging vote

    Video games maker’s delaying a reckoning on Bobby Kotick’s salary was branded ‘sign of desperation’

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