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Activision Blizzard’s CCO has said the company “won’t hesitate to fight” to ensure Microsoft is successful in acquiring it. Executive vice president for corporate affairs and CCO Lulu Cheng Meservey took to Twitter to address “speculation” regarding the ongoing antitrust investigations currently being carried out by various global regulators. “Seeing a lot of speculation aboutMicrosoft‘s acquisition ofActivision Blizzard,” she said. “Any suggestion that the transaction could have anticompetitive effects is absurd....

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has claimed Sony’s bid to thwart the Call of Duty maker’s sale to Microsoft won’t be held against the PlayStation maker in the long-term. In an email sent toActivisionemployees on Tuesday, Kotick provided an update on the status of the $69 billion deal in which he calledSony’s recent behaviour “disappointing”. His message referenced Sony’s recent claim thatMicrosoftcould release deliberately buggy versionsof Call of Duty games onPlayStationconsoles should it acquire Activision....

Sega has discovered and restored an iconic Sonic the Hedgehog statue that once stood in central London. In 1996,SegaWorld London was opened in the London Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus and was Europe’s largest indoor theme park at the time. However, due to low attendance it was closed three years later and taken over by the owners of the venue’s older Funland arcade. Inside the 110,000 square feet venue stood an iconic Sonic the Hedgehog statue with a rotating globe perched on the mascot’s finger....

Remedy has released the first trailer for Alan Wake Remastered. The trailer made its debut during thePlayStation Showcasepresentation today. The updated version of the cult 2010Xbox 360classic will release in fall 2021 onPCand consoles, published byEpic Games. It will include the original game and its two expansions, improved with 4K visuals and a new commentary from creative directorSam Lake. You can see the trailer via the video embed below: In an open letter published on fan siteSudden Stopearlier this week, Lake dedicated the remaster to the Alan Wake series’ fanbase....

Freshly announced as a whole new title,All Star Tower Defense X codesare sure to get you flying out of the gate on launch day. ASTD X, as it’s likely to be abbreviated, is the sequel to All Star Tower Defense onRoblox. It was teased months in advance, with reveal news pushed back so much that the team gave away weekly rewards for close to half a year. Here are the working ASTDX codes for release: How do I redeem codes in All Star Tower Defense?...

An unreleased PlayStation 2 game based on the Marvel Comics character Daredevil has been leaked online. Daredevil: The Man Without Fear was in development for thePS2,XboxandPCbut was ultimately cancelled because Marvel refused to approve it. However, the near-complete prototype has now been made available on theHidden Palacesite, and modified so that players can try it on an emulator or PS2 hardware (if they have the means to do so)....

Google has announced April’s additions to Stadia Pro’s free games line-up. Spitlings, Serious Sam Collection, and Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks) will join existing free gamesDestiny2,Grid,Gylt,SteamWorld Quest and SteamWorld Dig 2 on April 1. Metro Exodusand Thumper are also currently free, but will leave the subscription service on March 31. Stadia launched in November 2019bundled with three months ofStadiaPro. Normally priced at $9.99/£8.99 per month, Stadia Pro offers 4K/HDR streaming with 5....

Arc System Works is working on a 3D revival of classic beat-em-up Double Dragon. According to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu (viaRyokutya2089), the new game will faithfully recreate the action of the original side-scrolling titles, with characters recreated in 3D withArc System Works’ fighting game know-how. Arc System Works is the developer of many popular fighting games, includingGuilty Gear Strive,Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Granblue Fantasy Versus. Update11th Jul 2024 / 10:10 am Arc System Works has officially unveiled its new Double Dragon game....

Activision issued another major Warzone ban wave on Wednesday as claims emerged that it is preparing to launch a new Call of Duty anti-cheat system. DeveloperRaven Softwaresaid50,000Warzoneaccounts were banned on August 11. A similar number of accountswere banned last month, andActivisionhas nowissued over 500,000 Warzone permabanssince the free-to-play shooter launched in March 2020. “More importantly, we are listening and hard at work behind the scenes,” Raven said on Wednesday. “We will have more info for you soon....

This month’s selection of PlayStation Plus Essential games are now available. The games available toPlayStationPlus subscribers this month are: All three games are now available to claim until September 2, at which point they will be replaced with a new set of titles. As ever, this month’s PS Plus Essential games can be claimed by anyone with a PlayStation Plus membership, regardless of tier. They will remain in the player’s library for as long as they continue to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription....

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is reportedly expected to leave the company once Microsoft’s acquisition of the publisher is complete. The Xbox owner said today that it intends topurchase Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal– the game industry’sbiggest ever by some distance. It was also confirmed on Tuesday thatKotick will continue to serve as the CEO of Activision Blizzardthroughout the acquisition process, which is expected to close during Microsoft’s fiscal year ending on June 12, 2025....

Bully 2 is back in development and was even lined up for a possible appearance at The Game Awards, it’s been claimed. Industry insider Tom Hendersonstated on Twitteron Monday that he was aware of people being shown a ‘playable’ version of the game. “Bully 2 was expected as a potential surprise reveal atThe Game Awardslast week after some people have been shown some material alluding to a reveal soon,” he explained....

VGC recently got the chance to go hands-on with Doom: The Dark Ages, and we have brand new gameplay to show. The gameplay, which can be viewed above oron our YouTube channel, is from the game’s early open-world sections, during a castle siege. The footage is captured from aPCrunning at 4K 60 FPS. Doom: The Dark Ageswill be released on May 15 onXbox Series X/S,PS5, and PC, with a day-one release onXboxGame Pass....