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![Andrew Wilson, chief executive officer of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), speaks during the company's EA Play event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, June 9, 2018. EA announced that it is introducing a higher-end version of its subscription game-playing service that will include new titles such as Battlefield V and the Madden NFL 19 football game](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dxQNz3P3ciaaWDhyjPpKoF-320-80.jpg)
EA King Solomons itself and, weirdly for a games publisher, EA Games no longer exists
By Joshua Wolens published
News EA Games is also becoming EA Entertainment, which both heralds and threatens the possibility of an Electronic Arts Cinematic Universe.
![Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Feb. 21. 2023. Microsoft held a closed-door hearing with European Union antitrust watchdogs over its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aFxgGgirjZiBKzTjrEHLNW-320-80.jpg)
Here's where the Microsoft-Activision deal stands around the world
By Joshua Wolens published
Target Acquired? With a handy map!
![A man swings a golf club at another man's head in New Vegas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VoBjyFZej9dxXtR5CLeTuY-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian celebrates 20 years by offering fat discounts on some of the greatest RPGs ever made
By Rich Stanton published
news Pick up some stone-cold classics for pocket change.
![An image from the Nintendo Switch port of No More Heroes.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BXAmirXYr5mi7UdHzp7StU-320-80.jpg)
Predictably bizarre Grasshopper Direct lampoons John Wick, offers no reveals, ends on the pause screen from the studio's next game
By Rich Stanton published
news The Japanese studio celebrated 25 years as only it would.
![Activision company logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PkdNvAo75tpYC7699Uo4ME-320-80.jpg)
FTC wins a temporary restraining order blocking the Microsoft—Activision deal
By Andy Chalk published
news The TRO means nothing can happen until the court rules on the FTC's request for a temporary injunction against the deal.
![Phil Spencer and Todd Howard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ni65P4M7PhmMo2Pf2THkbC-320-80.jpg)
Xbox boss Phil Spencer is 'confident' that the Activision Blizzard acquisition will go through
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "We're out there to find solutions with the regulators," says Xbox Game Studios CEO Phil Spencer.
![Bobby Kotick at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, 2022](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FUhh4o9dXH7dWbY5McQiGF-320-80.jpg)
Activision Blizzard CEO audaciously claims that sexism and harassment problems were made up by an 'aggressive labor movement' trying to 'destabilize the company'
By Andy Chalk published
news Bobby Kotick said in a new interview that there was never any "systemic issue with harassment" at his company.
![Ciri wearing a cyberpunk jacket](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eLRBWZYFAyosDdECfcMsKF-320-80.jpg)
CD Projekt shoots down Sony acquisition rumor: 'CD Projekt is not for sale,' CEO says
By Andy Chalk published
news Rumors of a possible Sony buyout of the Witcher studio have persisted since March.
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