Microsoft buys Activision: A hit for the Xbox? â€“ xiaomist headlines

Microsoft buys Activision: A hit for the Xbox? – xiaomist headlines

Just last week, Take-Two surprised everyone with the announced takeover of mobile game publisher Zynga. This week, Microsoft trumped that acquisition. You can find out that and what else happened this week in this episode of the xiaomist Headlines.

Microsoft plans to acquire Activision Blizzard

Microsoft plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, the game publisher behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Guitar Hero, for $69 billion. The deal is expected to close in fiscal 2023.

This means that Microsoft is growing again, as Bethesda's parent company Zenimax was only snapped up last year for a comparatively cheap 8 billion dollars.

But, why has Microsoft struck Activision at all?

Certainly one aspect was that the company was relatively cheap after Activision Blizzard's share price fell from more than 80 euros to just over 50 euros as a result of the lawsuit alleging structural sexism and sexual assault in the workplace.

Rather, Microsoft should benefit from the mobile games studio "King" that was also purchased. So far, Microsoft has not had a particularly large presence in the mobile games market, which, however, accounts for a large part of sales in the games sector.
In addition, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard also includes a huge catalog of brands, which could then end up in Game Pass sooner or later.

However, PlayStation users should not currently have to fear any console exclusivity from these brands. Well, at least for now.

As Xbox boss Phil Spencer has announced, they want to "honor all contractual agreements and keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation".

That means that everything stays the way it is. Some games will probably come with Game Pass. However, it remains to be seen whether new titles could become Xbox exclusives in the future.

Google Play Games: Android games on Windows PCs

Google has launched the beta phase of "Google Play Games". A launcher to play Android games on Windows PC. The program has not yet started in Germany, it is currently only available in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Microsoft had already announced a similar application with which you should be able to start Android apps natively on a Windows 11 PC at the launch of Windows 11, but this function has so far been postponed.

Electronic waste: Federal Environment Minister wants repair commitments

Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has presented her plans for less e-waste. According to their proposal, manufacturers should write on the packaging of their products how long the expected service life of the respective electrical device is. This should result in better comparability for the consumer.

At the same time, it should apply that during this printed period, the manufacturer assumes the guarantee for the device, i.e. has to repair the device accordingly.

Police NRW came up with the robot dog

The NRW police made an investment for the presentation of the new "Innovation Lab" in Duisburg and created Boston Dynamics' Spot as a police dog.

NRW Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul says "we are testing here in which areas the robot could be useful in the future".
So we'll probably have to get by without robotic police dogs on the streets for some time to come.
In February 2021 there was already a test run of Spot at the police in New York. After massive criticism, this attempt was discontinued after two months.

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