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Cross-Platform Gaming
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The Future of Cross-Platform Gaming

Byapxdev December 14, 2025December 12, 2025

In today’s issue, we discuss the present and future of cross-platform gaming, talk with General Intuition’s founder Pim de Witte about world models and using games to train them, and bring you this week’s key news highlights, plus fresh content we think you’ll find valuable.

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Microsoft Gives Up the Cloud
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Microsoft Gives Up the Cloud

ByNick Statt August 24, 2023October 24, 2023

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.

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Dissecting the Influx of Activision Blizzard News
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Dissecting the Influx of Activision Blizzard News

ByMiikka Ahonen July 23, 2023October 13, 2023

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.

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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal: A Complete Timeline
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal: A Complete Timeline

ByNick Statt April 30, 2023September 7, 2023

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.

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Activision Regulatory Concerns
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Activision Regulatory Concerns

ByMatt Dion December 7, 2022October 3, 2023

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.

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The Year Ahead For Activision
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The Year Ahead For Activision

ByFawzi Itani August 3, 2022November 3, 2025

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.

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Diablo Immortal’s Westward Journey
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Diablo Immortal’s Westward Journey

ByHarshal Karvande July 14, 2022October 9, 2023

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.

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The Biggest Deal In Gaming History (Pt. 2)
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The Biggest Deal In Gaming History (Pt. 2)

ByAaron Bush January 23, 2022October 22, 2025

Plus we deconstruct Sandbox, one of crypto gaming’s biggest titles, and round up this week’s top news headlines

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Zynga’s Short-Term Woes
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Zynga’s Short-Term Woes

ByAaron Bush August 8, 2021October 14, 2025

Plus we analyze Activision Blizzard’s current culture problem and cover this week’s top news headlines

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Record-Breaking Deal Making
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Record-Breaking Deal Making

Bymediafied August 1, 2021October 14, 2025

Plus we analyze Tilting Points recent $235M raise and this week’s top news headlines

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