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Tencent Bets $AU440 Million On Assassin’s Creed Machine
4Tencent has dumped another small fortune into one of gaming’s biggest companies. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that the Chinese conglomerate would being increasing its investment in the Assassins’ Creed maker by nearly $US300 ($AU445) million through an elaborate set of financial manoeuvres.
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Tencent, Sony Throw Big Money At Elden Ring Maker FromSoftware
Elden Ring wasn’t just a hit with fans of FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult action-RPGs. Today Tencent Holdings and Sony announced they’ve acquired 30% of the Souls-series developer’s shares, split in favour of Tencent. FromSoftware is expected to gain $US260 ($361) million from the arrangement.
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Lawyer To Pay Activision For Not Playing Call Of Duty, Judge Decrees
A lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was dismissed last month because, according to a judge in the Southern California District Court where the complaint was brought, the plaintiffs didn’t play enough Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to make an informed case against the maligned publisher. For once in Activision Blizzard’s many contentious legal battles, things ended…
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Sony Says Call Of Duty Is An ‘Essential Game’ Series While Microsoft Argues It Ain’t
Microsoft, in a bid to downplay the possible ramifications of its attempted acquisition of Activision to various international regulating agencies, is arguing that the Call of Duty publisher it’s spending billions of dollars on doesn’t actually produce any games that could be considered “must haves.” Meanwhile, Sony is pushing back and explaining that Call of…