The main thing for the weekend (December 3-4)
Diablo IV testers voted for unionization, the media found out that Microsoft is ready to sue the US antitrust regulator if he is against the deal with Activision Blizzard — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.
Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that Microsoft plans to go to court if the US Federal Trade Commission decides to block the deal with Activision Blizzard. According to analysts of the portal, Microsoft has a high chance of winning in court, but due to the proceedings, the corporation may not have time to close the deal before June 30.
Testers from Blizzard Albany (formerly Vicarious Visions) voted unanimously to form a trade union. Activision Blizzard can still try to challenge the results of the vote — it has until Tuesday.
▪️Another key employee left 343 Industries. After 11 and a half years of work, Tom French, creative director of Halo Infinite, left the studio. The developer did not disclose the reasons for leaving and further plans.
The authors of Genshin Impact through the court demanded that Discord give them the personal data of the Ubatcha insider behind a lot of leaks on the game. The TorrentFreak portal suggested that Discord would most likely agree to do this, after which miHoYo would start suing the insider himself.