About this episode
Slapping giant corpos - good! Doing it with dumb info - bad. Support Inside Games! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insidegamesYT YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHQlasvjQ0JMOHoKOz4c0g/join Hosted by: Lawrence: http://twitch.tv/sirlarr | Bruce: http://twitch.tv/brucegreene | Brian Gaar: https://www.twitch.tv/briangaar Edited by: ShooklynTV | https://twitter.com/ShooklynTV Written by: Lawrence Sonntag & Brian Gaar Sources -- [BusinessWire] A Letter from CEO Bobby Kotick Regarding Activision Blizzard’s Merger With Microsoft - https://bwnews.pr/3V0oeKF [CMA] Summary - https://bit.ly/3DYeIkR [Federal Trade Commission] FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. - https://bit.ly/3jbK0x0 [Seeking Alpha] Microsoft-Activision Deal: Game's On! - https://bit.ly/3ltNQ68 [GamesIndustry.biz] Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard could harm gamers, says UK regulator - https://bit.ly/3HPdM3B [ArsTechnica] The UK government just threw a huge wrench in Microsoft’s Activision deal - https://bit.ly/3HRz9B1 [The Verge] Sony says Microsoft’s Call of Duty offer was ‘inadequate on many levels’ - https://bit.ly/3xi15cp [CMA] ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION OF ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC BY MICROSOFT CORPORATION - https://bit.ly/3lk5wRn [VideoGamesChronicle] Bobby Kotick warns UK risks ‘becoming Death Valley’ if it blocks Microsoft deal - https://bit.ly/3IdRUAj [Twitter, Jeremy Hunt] https://bit.ly/3YAkbqB [MP1st] Bobby Kotick Says Sony “Not Returning” Activision’s Calls to Discuss Future of COD & New Opportunities - https://bit.ly/3YgsEPk [The New York Times] Microsoft’s Activision Deal Tests a New Global Alignment on Antitrust - https://nyti.ms/3XzTXmN [YouTube] Microsoft CEO: There are people who make more money in gaming who don't even build games today - https://bit.ly/3JT51Ib [GamesIndustry.biz] Analysts see CMA objection to Activision Blizzard acquisition as a sign deal will go through - https://bit.ly/40LtfdG [YouTube, Inside Games] FTC is Lying About Microsoft/Activision Acquisition? - Inside Games - https://bit.ly/3lqurTx Music — Switch It Up - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/r_HRbXhOir8 Get Back - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/iQYmgOrPEvs Kula - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/0bywp0qTVNo Funk Down - MK2 https://youtu.be/SPN_Ssgqlzc