Reading Time: 10 minutes In this issue, we’re making sense of the new, unexpected twist in the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard saga regarding the sell-off of cloud game streaming rights to Ubisoft, and whether this will finally be enough to appease U.K. regulators.
Reading Time: 9 minutes In this issue, we’re dissecting the flood of Activision Blizzard news this past week, including its most recent earnings announcement, some major changes in Overwatch esports, and a major reversal in its distribution strategy for PC games.
Reading Time: 16 minutes This issue, we have a thorough timeline of the Activision Blizzard acquisition saga and dive into where the deal goes from here following the CMA’s surprise decision.
Reading Time: 10 minutes
It seems like every regulatory body is scrutinizing the Activision Microsoft deal. We take a look at all sides and summarize the learnings to date. We also feature our latest game deconstruction on Illuvium, Guild of Guardian, and Phantom Galaxies.
Reading Time: 11 minutes
As many gaming companies are seeing, Activision also saw a major decline in net bookings this quarter. We look into their underlying metrics and challenges ahead.
Reading Time: 21 minutes
In this deconstruction of Diablo Immortal we take a look at the game’s launch and early performance trends, put it into perspective of the broader mobile RPG market, dig into the game and economy design, cover the key China risk, and discuss whether the game will be able to succeed at the level Activision Blizzard hopes it will.
Reading Time: 19 minutes
Plus we deconstruct Sandbox, one of crypto gaming’s biggest titles, and round up this week’s top news headlines
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Plus we analyze Activision Blizzard’s current culture problem and cover this week’s top news headlines
Reading Time: 9 minutes
Plus we analyze Tilting Points recent $235M raise and this week’s top news headlines
Reading Time: 11 minutes
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