The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived. The Microsoft vs. FTC verdict has been reached and Team Xbox wins. We spent the entire show discussing the massive ramifications of this ruling that seems to have set the stage for Microsoft’s $69 billion Acquisition of Activision-Blizzard to finally close. We talk about games that could come out of it, especially Raven Software. Microsoft (and Sony) is over or not, the very serious question of what steps Xbox boss Phil Spencer must take to clean up his ABK’s toxic work culture talk about We are making some big acquisitions!
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