alessandro to PC GamingEnglish · 8 hours 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-square18fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down13
arrow-up1140arrow-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 to PC GamingEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareSakychu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-27 hours 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/