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In this article UBI-FR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTUbisoft postponed the release of the next title in its popular "Assassin's Creed" game franchise — called "Assassin's Creed Shadows" — by three months to Feb. 14, 2025. The company, which produces the "Assassin's Creed" franchise, said in updated guidance last week that it has postponed the release of the next title in the popular game series — called "Assassin's Creed Shadows" — by three months to Feb. 14, 2025. "The revised targets are mainly a reflection of decisions taken for Assassin's Creed Shadows and the softer than expected launch for Star Wars Outlaws," Ubisoft said. Ubisoft said that its learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release pushed it to give more time to polish Assassin's Creed Shadows. Yves Guillemot, CEO and co-founder of Ubisoft, speaks at the Ubisoft Forward livestream event in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 2023.
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Companies Valve Corp FollowBRUSSELS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The EU's General Court rejected on Wednesday the appeal lodged by U.S. distributor Valve Corp, owner of the world's largest video game distribution platform Steam, against a EU antitrust fine for blocking cross-border sales in Europe. "Online video games: the General Court confirms that geo-blocking of activation keys for the Steam platform infringed EU competition law," the Court said in a statement. Valve and 5 video game publishers received a 7.8-million-euro ($9.45 million) EU antitrust fine in January 2021. Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Benoit Van OverstraetenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Charlotte Van Campenhout, Benoit Van Overstraeten Organizations: Valve Corp, U.S, Valve, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Europe
[1/2] Activision games "Call of Duty" are pictured in a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriBRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission's imminent clearance comes nearly three weeks after the UK competition authority blocked the deal, the biggest-ever deal in gaming, over concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming. U.S. distributor Valve Corp, owner of the world's largest video game distribution platform, Steam, declined a contract saying it trusts Microsoft. (This story has been corrected to say that Valve does not have a licensing deal with Microsoft in paragraph 4)Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
BRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission's imminent clearance comes nearly three weeks after the UK competition authority blocked the deal, the biggest-ever deal in gaming, over concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming. The Commission, which has set a May 22 deadline for its decision, declined to comment. Japan approved the takeover in March while the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is also seeking to block it. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
[1/5] Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat Editor-in-Chief Antero Mukka presents a secret room within Counter-Strike video game, where his paper has hidden news about Russia?s war in Ukraine in Russian, in Helsinki, Finland May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Anne KauranenHELSINKI, May 3 (Reuters) - Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday took its struggle against Russian media restrictions to a popular online videogame to mark world press freedom day. In response to Moscow's laws restricting press freedom in Russia, Helsingin Sanomat began publishing some of its Ukraine and Russia related news in Russian last year, only to see access from Russia to its content quickly restricted. The map conceals a secret room where the paper hid images and texts detailing the cruelties witnessed by its reporters and photographers in Ukraine during the war. Reporting by Anne Kauranen, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would hinder competition in cloud gaming, which was the reason cited by the Competition and Markets Authority to veto the biggest deal in gaming. In its decision on Wednesday, the CMA said Microsoft had an estimated 60%-70% of global cloud gaming services as well as competitive advantages including owning Xbox, PC operating system Windows and cloud provider Azure. The Activision deal is the biggest involving technology companies the regulator has blocked. Microsoft shares were slightly lower in U.S. premarket trading, while those of Activision ticked up 0.2%. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra ELuriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
The country's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday that Microsoft's commitment to offer access to Activision's multi-billion dollar "Call of Duty" franchise to leading cloud gaming platforms would not effectively remedy its concerns. The gaming company also reported quarterly results on Wednesday, a day earlier than scheduled, beating quarterly bookings estimates although that seemed to do little to allay investor concerns about Britain's move. Europe will decide on the Activision deal by May 22. The CMA said the cloud gaming market was forecast to be worth 11 billion pounds ($13.7 billion) globally by 2026. The CMA said Microsoft had an estimated 60%-70% of global cloud gaming services as well as competitive advantages including owning Xbox, PC operating system Windows and cloud provider Azure.
The country's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday that Microsoft's commitment to offer access to Activision's multi-billion dollar "Call of Duty" franchise to leading cloud gaming platforms would not effectively remedy its concerns. Microsoft announced its Activision bid in January 2022 to boost its firepower in a video gaming market led by Tencent (0700.HK) and Sony (6758.T). Europe will decide on the Activision deal by May 22. The CMA said the cloud gaming market was forecast to be worth 11 billion pounds ($13.7 billion) globally by 2026. The CMA said Microsoft had an estimated 60%-70% of global cloud gaming services as well as competitive advantages including owning Xbox, PC operating system Windows and cloud provider Azure.
BRUSSELS, March 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) signed a 10-year licensing deal to bring Activision's (ATVI.O) Call of Duty franchise to Japanese cloud gaming provider Ubitus on Wednesday, the latest move by the company to address regulatory worries about its bid for the games maker. While Xbox maker Microsoft is likely to secure EU antitrust approval for acquiring Activision with such licensing deals and other behavioural remedies, it is facing headwinds in the United States and Britain. "Microsoft and Ubitus, a leading cloud gaming provider, have signed a 10-year partnership to stream Xbox PC Games as well as Activision Blizzard titles after the acquisition closes," the chief executive of Microsoft's gaming division, Phil Spencer, said in a tweet. The company agreed a similar deal with cloud gaming provider Boosteroid a day earlier, on top of agreements with Nvidia (NVDA.O), Nintendo (7974.T) and U.S. distributor Valve Corp, owner of the world's largest video game distribution platform, Steam. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
BRUSSELS, March 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Tuesday signed a 10-year licensing deal to bring Activision's (ATVI.O) Call of Duty franchise to cloud gaming provider Boosteroid's platform, a move partly aimed at allaying competition concerns over its Activision acquisition. Ukraine-based Boosteroid's access to Call of Duty is conditional on regulatory approval for the Activision deal. The agreement will also bring Microsoft's Xbox PC games to Boosteroid's cloud gaming platform. That's why Xbox is committed to give everyone more ways to play their favorite games, across devices," said Phil Spencer, chief executive of Microsoft's gaming division. EU antitrust regulators are expected to approve Microsoft's takeover of Activision conditional on such licensing deals, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
Sursa foto: ProfimediaVladimir Putin atacă din nou companiile IT din occident, promulgând o nouă lege împotriva acestoraRusia încearcă să-şi consolideze controlul asupra Internetului şi să-şi reducă dependenţa de companiile şi ţările străine. Având în vedere acest scop, preşedintele rus Vladimir Putin a promulgat joi o lege care obligă marile companii IT din Occident să-şi deschidă filiale în Rusia, potrivit unui document publicat joi de către site-ul informaţiilor juridice guvernamentale. Deputatul Anton Gorelkin, din partea partidului de guvernământ Rusia Unită în Duma de Stat (camera inferioară rusă), a declarat că sub incidenţa acestei noi legi intră Facebook, Instagram şi WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok, serviciul de publicitate Google AdWords şi YouTube, Viber, Telegram, precum şi serviciile de jocuri Steam, deținut de Valve Corporation, dar şi World of Tanks, deținut de compania Wargaming. Deschiderea de filiale pe teritoriul Rusiei este necesară, potrivit acestei legi, pentru a lua în considerare cererile cetăţenilor, a pune în aplicare deciziile instanţelor şi agenţiilor guvernamentale şi de a restricţiona accesul la informaţiile interzise în Rusia, transmite Digi24. De altfel, Moscova a dispus deja amendarea unor firme IT pe motiv că nu au șters conținut considerat „ilegal” de partea rusă, a luat măsuri împotriva companiei Twitter, iar miercuri a deschis un nou dosar împotriva Google, invocând încălcarea legislației privind datele cu caracter personal.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Anton Gorelkin, Duma de Organizations: Facebook, Google, YouTube, Valve Corporation, World, Wargaming Locations: occident, Rusia, Occident, Rusia Unită, Duma, Rusiei, Moscova
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