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Oh yeah - Blizzard definitely becomes the sacrificial "opportunity cost" victim in that scenario!

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if one of the regulatory bodies gives them this divestment choice: King and the CoD studios or Blizzard.

Correct - which is why I framed it the way that I did!

Asset (studio) divestment is what I'm thinking.

House Financial Services Chair Waters doesn't plan to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at hearing on FTX collapse WWW.CNBC.COM House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters tells members there are no current plans to subpoena FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for his testimony. Shot: Chaser:

And -- believe it or not -- the underlying reason turns out to (more or less) genuinely be "because it's cold" Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter | CNN WWW.CNN.COM A new scientific finding has uncovered why we get more viral colds, flu and Covid in winter and during cold snaps.

More than likely the divestment of some studio assets.

C&C Remastered dev’s new WW1 RTS is aiming for a very different kind of tactical victory WWW.ROCKPAPERSHOTGUN.COM We go hands on with The Great War: Western Front, the new WW1 RTS coming from C&C Remastered devs Petroglyph Games.

FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger WWW.AXIOS.COM The commission voted 3-1 to file an administrative complaint seeking to block the merger. The lack of a preliminary injunction to block definitely makes it appear to be the means that the FTC will use to forcibly extract concessions .

The CMA genuinely appears to be a dead stop because at least from what I've read, the judicial right of appeal for a CMA ruling only involves procedural issues with CMA's process and then the case goes back to the CMA once again.

Naturally, this is the top story on CNBC and Bloomberg.

With the FTC being the first out of the gate with a lawsuit, I expect that both the UK's Competition and Markets Authority and the EU's Commissioner for Competition will also attempt to block well.

Give me a couple of days.

FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. WWW.FTC.GOV The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc.

FTX spokesman Kevin O'Leary says he lost his $15 million payday from crypto firm WWW.CNBC.COM Kevin O'Leary made millions as an FTX spokesman, but he says he's lost it all after the bankruptcy of the crypto exchange.

ISW analysis for 07 December 2022: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian President Vladimir Putin is setting conditions for a protracted war of conquest in Ukraine. During a meeting with the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), Putin remarked that the “special o

The overwhelming majority of reviews are in the 70s which as @Keyser_Soze said really isn't indicative of scoring based on performance but rather reflects simply a "middle-of-the-road" game.

Next up on Steam: Immortals Fenyx Rising on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.

Updated the reviews post one last time for the hell of it

Game Information Game Title: Need for Speed Unbound Platforms: PC (Dec 2, 2022)Xbox Series X/S (Dec 2, 2022)PlayStation 5 (Dec 2, 2022)Xbox One (Dec 2, 2022)PlayStation 4 (Dec 2, 2022) Developer: Criterion Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Review Aggregator: OpenCritic - 77 average - 57% recommended Critic Reviews Digital Chumps - 9.7 / 10 Atomix - Spanish - 90 / 100 Attack of the Fanboy - 4.5 / 5 PSX Brasil - Portuguese - 90 / 100 PlayStation Universe - 9 / 10 Softpedia - 9 / 10 TheSixthAxis - 9 / 10 Xbox Achievements - 85% GamePro - German - 83 / 100 Gamersky - Chinese - 8.1 / 10 CGMagazine - 8 / 10 Dexerto - 4 / 5 GameSpew - 8 / 10 GamesRadar+ - 4 / 5 GamingBolt - 8 / 10 Hardcore Gamer - 4 / 5 IGN Italy - Italian - 8 / 10 Push Square - 8 / 10 Sports Gamers Online - 8 / 10 TheGamer - 4 / 5 Hobby Consolas - Spanish - 78 / 100 PC Gamer - 76 / 100 GAMES.CH - German - 75% Geeks & Com - French - 7.5 / 10 Spaziogames - Italian - 7.5 / 10 Video Chums - 7.5 / 10 Wccftech - 7.5 / 10 Gamer's Palace - German - 72 / 100 Digital Trends - 3.5 / 5 GameSpot - 7 / 10 Twinfinite - 3.5 / 5 Windows Central - 3.5 / 5 Everyeye.it - Italian - 6.8 / 10 COGconnected - 65 / 100 PC Invasion - 7 / 10 Metro GameCentral - 6 / 10 Shacknews - 6 / 10 The Beta Network - 6 / 10 Game Rant - 2.5 / 5 TechRaptor - 4.5 / 10 EGM - Unscored Echo Boomer - Portuguese - No Recommendation Eurogamer.pt - Portuguese - No Recommendation Kotaku - Unscored Polygon - Unscored Washington Post - Unscored gameranx - Unscored

Game Information Game Title: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Platforms: PC (Nov 30, 2022) Xbox Series X/S (Nov 30, 2022) Developer: Fatshark Publisher: Sold Out Review Aggregator: OpenCritic - 74 average - 63% recommended Critic Reviews But Why Tho? - 9 / 10 Chalgyr's Game Room - 8.5 / 10 Gaming Nexus - 8.5 / 10 The Games Machine - Italian - 8.5 / 10 XboxEra - 8.5 / 10 COGconnected - 82 / 100 3DNews - Russian - 8 / 10 GameGrin - 8 / 10 Gamepur - 8 / 10 Gamers Heroes - 80 / 100 GamesHub - 4 / 5 GamingBolt - 8 / 10 GamingTrend - 80 / 100 IGN - 8 / 10 Kakuchopurei - 80 / 100 PC Gamer - 80 / 100 Saving Content - 4 / 5 Screen Rant - 4 / 5 WellPlayed - 8 / 10 DualShockers - 7.8 / 10 Gamersky - Chinese - 7.8 / 10 Fextralife - 8 / 10 Everyeye.it - Italian - 7.5 / 10 GRYOnline.pl - Polish - 7.5 / 10 SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 7.5 / 10 FingerGuns - 7 / 10 Game Rant - 3.5 / 5 GameSpot - 7 / 10 Gameblog - French - 7 / 10 GamesRadar+ - 3.5 / 5 Hardcore Gamer - 3.5 / 5 Metro GameCentral - 7 / 10 PC Invasion - 7 / 10 Shacknews - 7 / 10 We Got This Covered - 3.5 / 5 ZTGD - 7 / 10 GameWatcher - 6.5 / 10 New Game Network - 62 / 100 TheGamer - 3 / 5 Thumb Culture - 3 / 5 Twinfinite - 3 / 5 IGN Italy - Italian - 5.9 / 10 Checkpoint Gaming - Unscored Eurogamer - Recommended PCGamesN - Unscored Polygon - Unscored Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Unscored

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