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Videogame publishers rush to seize fall launch window after ‘GTA VI’ delay

Videogame publishers rush to seize fall launch window after ‘GTA VI’ delay

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Days after Take-Two Interactive delayed the launch of “Grand Theft Auto VI” to May next year, rival publishers are using that opportunity to lock in release dates for their games to avoid a direct clash with one of the industry’s most anticipated titles. Analysts and industry executives told Reuters they expect a wave of announcements […]

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Microsoft wins appeal in FTC challenge to billion Activision Blizzard deal

Microsoft wins appeal in FTC challenge to $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal

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The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower judge’s order that said the FTC was not entitled to a preliminary injunction blocking the deal, which closed in 2023. A three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the lower judge had applied the correct legal standards and said the FTC had not shown it […]

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