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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
January 18 2022 14:45 GMT
#210001
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/01/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-now-owns-call-of-duty-and-crash-bandicoot

Wow
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7728 Posts
January 18 2022 15:06 GMT
#210002
New season of Dragon Blood is great

however + Show Spoiler +
how could they kill Marci and Wyvern, noooooooo (((((((
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
January 18 2022 15:46 GMT
#210003
On January 18 2022 23:45 Faruko wrote:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/01/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-now-owns-call-of-duty-and-crash-bandicoot

Wow

And I thought buying out Bethesda was big. Microsoft really waving around wads of cash to get all the big name studios that aren't already first-party. Kinda worrying to see this much consolidation in the industry.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
January 18 2022 18:22 GMT
#210004
That is a lot of money.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
January 18 2022 18:22 GMT
#210005
Candy Crush and Warzone makes a lot of money
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
January 18 2022 20:24 GMT
#210006
On January 19 2022 00:06 PoulsenB wrote:
New season of Dragon Blood is great

however + Show Spoiler +
how could they kill Marci and Wyvern, noooooooo (((((((

+ Show Spoiler +
and lina
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
January 18 2022 20:45 GMT
#210007
On January 19 2022 03:22 PassiveAce wrote:
That is a lot of money.

it is so many dollars jesus

Feel like this is probably good for like, SC3 or whatever. Good for Blizzard games in general? Wonder how much lock in it leads to. And feel like it means that Bobby Kotick is finally kicked but that he gets like a billion dollars to leave which doesn't seem great.
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PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7728 Posts
January 18 2022 21:08 GMT
#210008
On January 19 2022 05:24 Unleashing wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2022 00:06 PoulsenB wrote:
New season of Dragon Blood is great

however + Show Spoiler +
how could they kill Marci and Wyvern, noooooooo (((((((

+ Show Spoiler +
and lina

Yeah

Show is good tho, all characters are implemented in a nice way, + Show Spoiler +
WW was just adorable, and the pangolier guy is great.
Season 3 when????
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-18 21:36:27
January 18 2022 21:34 GMT
#210009
On January 19 2022 05:45 eieio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2022 03:22 PassiveAce wrote:
That is a lot of money.

it is so many dollars jesus

Feel like this is probably good for like, SC3 or whatever. Good for Blizzard games in general? Wonder how much lock in it leads to. And feel like it means that Bobby Kotick is finally kicked but that he gets like a billion dollars to leave which doesn't seem great.

I guess its good for blizzards future? I wonder what it means for distribution platforms. is bnet gonna get merged into microsofts platform at some point?
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
January 18 2022 22:08 GMT
#210010
If we get SC3, I predict it will be centered heavily around the co-op missions that SC2 pioneered. It's monetizable and playable with friends, which adds a strong social element and relieves the pressure from players feeling like 1v1 ladder is the real way to play.

I'll probably be very wrong if it does get announced, but that's just my hunch from gazing at the tea leaves of the gaming industry. Also, it's a bit funny how gamers are laser focused on the ramifications for MS vs Sony, exclusivity and big name brands while Wall Street and the press is being sold this as a metaverse investment and to look at the money printing from mobile gaming like Candy Crush.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-18 22:25:07
January 18 2022 22:24 GMT
#210011
can someone please explain wtf a metaverse is to me? is it just the new word for expanding a brand with acquisitions?

Iv been seeing that word tossed around in non-Marvel contexts and its confusing me.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
January 18 2022 23:04 GMT
#210012
metaverse = facebooks second life
passive quaranstream fan
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
January 18 2022 23:15 GMT
#210013
On January 19 2022 07:24 PassiveAce wrote:
can someone please explain wtf a metaverse is to me? is it just the new word for expanding a brand with acquisitions?

Iv been seeing that word tossed around in non-Marvel contexts and its confusing me.

Vr irl wannabe
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emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
January 18 2022 23:29 GMT
#210014
Looking forward to watching dota anime on Thursday likely, gonna have to avoid this thread till then :/
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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-19 12:48:57
January 19 2022 12:47 GMT
#210015
On January 19 2022 06:34 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2022 05:45 eieio wrote:
On January 19 2022 03:22 PassiveAce wrote:
That is a lot of money.

it is so many dollars jesus

Feel like this is probably good for like, SC3 or whatever. Good for Blizzard games in general? Wonder how much lock in it leads to. And feel like it means that Bobby Kotick is finally kicked but that he gets like a billion dollars to leave which doesn't seem great.

I guess its good for blizzards future? I wonder what it means for distribution platforms. is bnet gonna get merged into microsofts platform at some point?

Activision was doing barely anything with their IPs bar say a bit of Diablo and Call of Duty.

ActiBliz was just a CoD Machine, so this deal kinda makes it better for more games from other series, i mean, Tony Hawk and Crash developers were made cod studios, they had like literally 6 developers doing ONLY COD.

It's the revenue of Warzone and King that probably drove the price up... I mean, i can't see the state of Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, Tony Hawk, Spyro and Crash being the reason for it to cost 70bn.

So id say this a good move for Blizzard, although RTS games are kinda dead so :/
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-19 13:41:16
January 19 2022 13:39 GMT
#210016
It's hard to imagine sc3 being a high priority for them but I think wer almost as far away now from the WoL release as WoL was from brood war.

Hopefully theyl start production on it in the next few years just because "hey we have this historically popular property, shouldn't we do something with it?"
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
OnlyCBDGummies
Profile Joined January 2022
1 Post
January 19 2022 17:06 GMT
#210017
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Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
January 19 2022 19:07 GMT
#210018
ian playing project zomboid
im on a good run so far, 40days 700zombos killed
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gummies0123
Profile Joined January 2022
1 Post
January 20 2022 12:03 GMT
#210019
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teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
January 20 2022 12:04 GMT
#210020
wtf how was someone faster than me
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