Tech-Gaming: "Since family-oriented fare often gravitates toward slipshod licensed titles, it’s gratifying to see an engaging and entertaining title such as Skylanders Giants. With the ability to beguile both children and adults, the starter pack represents an ideal (albeit, a bit pricey at $75 USD) catalyst to bring divergent audiences together during the upcoming holidays."
Toys for Bob: "We’re thrilled to announce that Toys for Bob is spinning off as an independent game development studio!"
That's wonderful news! I really liked what they did w the Crash and Spyro trilogy remasters, and even Crash 4 was pretty good.
They had been placed on Call of Duty stuff these last few years, so I don't think that really plays to their strength. I want to see them stick to family friendly platformers. Particularly the Spyro trilogy, my kids have been having a blast with.
It seems like their partnership with Activision, Microsoft may continue with these franchises.Hopefully they'll continue to be multiplatform.
So... a group of people that used to be employed by MS are suddenly no longer employed by MS and working on their own. I'm glad they banded together to try and start something, but how is this not another way of saying the entire team was either laid off or quit? Like.. I'm sure they don't own any IP for Banjo or anything...
The legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Microsoft countering one of the FTC's latest moves and the Judge delaying a relevant ruling.
Look, to be honest the FTC should just stop.
MS has A/B and nothing has really changed yet...if you are worried about 5-10 years from now...just drop it cause the future is unpredictable.
Take this week's news, that 4 Xbox exclusive are going Multiplatform.
The FTC and the lawyers behind the "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard are denouncing the recent layoffs within the respective legal battles.