alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoA summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit after a publisher 'decided to go World War 3' on it, and it all hinged on one emailwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down14
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkA summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit after a publisher 'decided to go World War 3' on it, and it all hinged on one emailwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSakychu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-26 months agoWhy doesn’t it surprise me that they end up paving the way for Activision Blizzard… “On 2 December 2007, Vivendi announced that it would be merging its game publishing unit with Activision in a $18.8 billion deal. This will allow the merged company, Activision Blizzard, to rival Electronic Arts, the world’s biggest video game publisher.” Cited from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7123582.stm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-activision-vivendi-idUSN0236714920071202/
Why doesn’t it surprise me that they end up paving the way for Activision Blizzard… “On 2 December 2007, Vivendi announced that it would be merging its game publishing unit with Activision in a $18.8 billion deal. This will allow the merged company, Activision Blizzard, to rival Electronic Arts, the world’s biggest video game publisher.” Cited from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7123582.stm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-activision-vivendi-idUSN0236714920071202/