Xbox buys Activision – Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST Episode 366

Microsoft to buy Activision in $68.7 billion all-cash deal and more on this week’s episode of Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST

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• Microsoft

• • Xbox Game Pass breaks 25 million subscribers | PC Gamer

• • Xbox Game Pass Already Has 31 Day One Games Confirmed for 2022

• • Activision

• • • • Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming – Xbox Wire
      • Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device – Stories
      • Microsoft to buy Activision in $68.7 billion all-cash deal
        • Video: https://player.cnbc.com/p/gZWlPC/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&byGuid=7000228851
      • How Microsoft acquiring Activision will affect PC gaming | PC Gamer
      • The gaming industry reacts to Microsoft’s megaton acquisition of Activision Blizzard | PC Gamer
        • Tweet: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1483431765616119809

• Tabletop Simulator

• • ‘Tabletop Simulator’ is being flooded with transphobic and pro-LGBTQ+ reviews
  • Tabletop Simulator studio kills global chat for good, makes $10K donation to trans advocacy group | PC Gamer

• Sony

• • Sony is making more PS4s in response to PS5 shortages | PC Gamer

• Riot

• • Riot will pay employees 25% of their salary to quit if they aren’t convinced by its new direction | PC Gamer

• China

• • China’s continued freeze on new gaming approvals sees 14,000 gaming firms in the country shut down | Massively Overpowered
  • 14k Chinese games companies reportedly have gone bust due to approval holdu | PC Games Insider
  • Steam’s global version appears to have been blocked in China | Massively Overpowered