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Aqua League, A Starcraft 2 Mod based off Rocket League

Bounty4321 YT:"Aqua League is a fast paced fantasy themed sports game. Combining elements of soccer, bumper cars and hockey, its Nagas VS Revenants in a battle to see who can please their God the most by scoring."

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Five Games That Hit Just as Hard and Fast as Palworld

Palworld is already a monstrous successs, but it's not the only game to suddenly blow up . Here are five other fairly recent games that did the same.

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Microsoft Fires Back at FTC's Accusation on Layoffs in Activision Blizzard Legal Battle

Microsoft's legal counsel has responded to the accusations leveled yesterday by the FTC within the legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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XiNatsuDragnel81d ago

Microsoft thinks they did right thing did they? Imo you could've merge Activision into other sectors.

Jin_Sakai81d ago

When a mega corporation is more powerful than the federal agency. Who do we have left to fight against these practices?

Eonjay81d ago

Microsoft isn't more powerful than the government and that's why you see them giving so much money to politicians. It cliche, but it's up to us to select representation that won't cave to corporate donors.

But yeah Microsoft doesn't have any defense against layoffs. No one made them do it and the went ahead with the merger knowing quite clearly that it would impact employees.

jznrpg80d ago

@Eonjsy if they weren’t more powerful the money wouldn’t work.

Inverno81d ago

Apparently the layoffs were going to happen either way, and I'm inclined to believe it because Activision is beyond scummy. I'm instead wondering why Acti hired so many people in the first place.

theindiearmy81d ago (Edited 81d ago )

Same reason a lot of tech hired a lot during covid. People were staying home, consuming a lot of personal media (buying more games, watching more shows, etc.) Companies thought investing the increased revenue in more talent would reap benefits long term. Turns out, that wasn't the case. It just led to the companies being bloated. But in a lot of cases, they were bloated even before the covid hiring sprees. Activision had 13,000 employees this time last year. Nintendo has 7,000. Keep in mind this doesn't include contract or outsourced work, which I guarantee you Activision does a lot more of than Nintendo. Makes you wonder what the hell Activision needs so many people for. They don't even make a console like Nintendo does. It sucks that people are losing their jobs, but in my opinion, a lot of these companies are still bloated even after the layoffs.

Killa7881d ago

Of course it was always going to happen... This deal was such a joke.

gold_drake81d ago (Edited 81d ago )

i dont believe that for a second.
activision had their hands full with upcoming cod titles and current ones before the merger.

and mobile games ha

Abriael81d ago

Yeah totally. In a year in which everyone's firing developers left and right, Activision *of all companies* was gonna avoid that.

My god.

gold_drake81d ago

what are u talking about ?
the merger proceedings went on for more than a year before it was actually over.

before that, there were no major layoffs. and activision was busy making games. not just one mind you.

maybe try and think for second before u comment something.

Abriael81d ago

Imagine thinking that a company like Activision would not partake in this layoff fest. Do you miss Bobby Kotick perchance? 🙄

The only one who's not thinking is you. All the big companies doing layoffs are "busy making games." That doesn't mean they're not laying off people. Take-two announced today that they're gonna have a big cost reduction plan coming (IE: many more layoffs) and they have 52 games in development.

You really can't see past your console wars, can you? 🤨

gold_drake80d ago

its ok, you dont quite seem to understand.

bless ya.

Hofstaderman80d ago

@Abriael come next week there will be no more console wars.

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That day when Activision fired Jason and Vince

“Jason and Vince just got fired!” A lead artist shouted, as he rode in on one of the many small kick-push scooters that would typically lay around the studio. He quickly scooted away to some other part of the office space to spread that shocking message.

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DaniMacYo82d ago

Activision would say that to all their victims. Here’s money now get over it.

RhinoGamer8882d ago

A friend worked there in production and was miserable due to working with IW and with ATVI. When he complained to his VP about it, he was told...be glad you have a job and are making games.

mastershredder82d ago

Sounds about right, but is also sounds like something Infinity Ward would say. They made their own bed and cashed in hard to do it. F em.

franwex82d ago

That sucks, but that’s corporate America. I mean, they could’ve turned down the money and leave to Respawn too. At least they got something, my corporation would’ve probably expected everyone to go back to normal.

gold_drake82d ago (Edited 82d ago )

daaaym

"oh we're running ur life? pff get over it, like honestly"

scum

theindiearmy82d ago

I mean, if my company wants to give me a bonus and raise my salary by 50%, I'd get over whatever the hell they wanted me to. 🤷‍♂️

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