Breaking: Activision Purchases Candy Crush Developers for $5.9 Billion
Activision has reportedly just finalized a deal that finds them outright purchasing King Digital Entertainment to the tune of $5.9 billion (USD). This was initially reported on by Kotaku. Let's take a look at some of the initial details as they are known.
From an alleged press release (I have not yet seen this press release anywhere myself yet as of the time of this posting), Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick issued the following remarks.
Breaking - Halo 5: Guardians Announced for Fall 2015
Microsoft and 343 Industries have revealed some breaking Halo 5 news today. Yes, at the lovely hour of 3AM (PT), some of the first details for Halo 5 have finally been revealed, weeks ahead of E3 2014.
The game is called Halo 5: Guardians and will be released in the Fall of 2015. Bonnie Ross, the General Manager at 343 Industries, explains a bit about Halo 5: Guardians.
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Microsoft Announces Xbox One Without Kinect for $399
Microsoft has just announced that they will be releasing a Kinect-less Xbox One bundle and pricing the system at $399 (USD) starting June 9 in all markets where the system is sold. Microsoft has also revealed that the "Games with Gold" program will kick off this June for the Xbox One, starting with Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Halo: Spartan Assault.
In addition to all of that, they also revealed that many streaming services like Twitch, HBO GO, and numerous others, will now be free...
Jack Tretton Leaving Position of President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America
It was just announced that Jack Tretton will be stepping down from his role as the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) by March 31, 2014. This is from a mutual agreement between Tretton and SCEA to not renew their contractual agreement.
"Working at SCEA for the past 19 years has been the most rewarding experience of my career," said Tretton. "Although I will deeply miss the talented team at SCEA and the passion demonstrated every day by our fans, I'm
Master Chief 'Confirms' Halo 2 Anniversary for 2014 but Not Halo 5
In an interview with GameZone that will be going up in the near future, the voice actor for Master Chief, Steve Downes, provided both some good news and bad news for Halo fans.
Yes, that indeed says that Halo 5 will not make a 2014 release as many had hoped. However, this is now the second...