TheGamer's Best Features Of The Week: Microsoft, Sifu, And The Metaverse
Congratulations, you’ve officially made it to Friday! To bring in the weekend at TheGamer, we like to take a look at the biggest features we’ve run in the past seven days. And damn, have we had a lot to talk about.
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As usual, NFTs and the metaverse dominated the headlines, so we have write-ups on that - although we do, of course, hate them. This week though, there’s only one story to open our round-up on: Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard King.
Many in the gaming community don’t quite know how to feel about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While some are excited to see so many new games on Game Pass, others fear this will interfere with the investigation into abuse at Activision Blizzard. But as editor-in-chief Stacey Henley puts it, it’s just straight-up bad. Stacey argues that Microsoft will simply own too many things when the deal is finalized, and monopolization on this scale just isn’t good for the industry. She also points out that it might not even be better for the workers, as we still don’t know when - or even if - Bobby Kotick is leaving.
Yesterday, Phil Spencer gave some weak reassurances to Sony fans that he would like to see Call of Duty games stay on PlayStation. But as lead features editor Jade King points out - you don’t spend $70 billion on new toys just to share them. Jade explains that, while Warzone is likely to remain multi-platform, other Call of Duty games and big series like Crash, Spyro, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Guitar Hero probably won’t be as lucky. Jade also points out that Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 will likely find great success on Game Pass, so Sony fans shouldn’t hold their breath.
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