Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase is good (and bad)

Описание: Microsoft plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion dollars but you already knew that part. So today Brian is going over the pros and cons for one of the biggest moves in video game history.

New details, if true, have leaked about the next Mario Kart game which could be getting the Smash Bros. treatment and might be called Mario Kart 9 or Mario Kart 10 or Mario Kart Crossroads. Watch the segment we’ll explain.

Last year marks another record year for video game spending with Call of Duty once again taking the crown for the most sold game. The PC launch for God of War is being very well received and former XCOM and Civilization devs have started their own studio to make strategy games.

Things get weird in this week’s 5-Second Review and we can finally kick off the year right with our first fully packed Coming Soon section which includes the highly anticipated Pokemon Legends: Arceus.

Thanks for watching everyone and have an awesome weekend.

00:00 - Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard pros & cons
07:50 - Details of next Mario Kart leaked
09:32 - Last year set record for game spending
10:25 - God of War has huge PC launch
10:59 - XCOM and Civ vets make a new studio
11:27 - 5-Second Review
11:53 - Coming Soon

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[Wall Street Journal] Activision BBlizzard pushes out dozens of employees over misconduct https://www.wsj.com/articles/activisi...

[Wall Street Journal] Bobby Kotick Sexual Misconduct allegations
https://www.wsj.com/articles/activisi...

[Eurogamer] Bobby Kotick expected to leave after Microsoft closes the deal
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...

[Twitter] ABK Twitter thread
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[Xbox] Official Xbox announcement to buy Activision
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/1...

[NY Times] Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/bu...

[Companies Market Cap] Sony
https://companiesmarketcap.com/sony/m...

[Companies Market Cap] Nintendo
https://companiesmarketcap.com/ninten...

[Polygon] Phil Spencer says Amazon and Google are their real competition
https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/5/2112...

[Facebook] About Meta name change and the metaverse
https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/fac...

[Twitter] Geoff Keighley tweet
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[Zippo Speaks] Mario Kart 9 leaks
https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2022...

[Twitter] LeakyPandy Twitter thread
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[GameIndustry.biz] Gaming Analyst predictions for 2022
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

[GameIndustry.biz] 2021 NPDS for game sales
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

[Metacritic] God of War on PC metacritic
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/go...

[God is a Geek] God of War PC review
https://www.godisageek.com/reviews/go...

[SteamDB] God of War
https://steamdb.info/app/1593500/graphs/

[SteamDB] Horizon Zero Dawn
https://steamdb.info/app/1151640/graphs/

[SteamDB] Days Gone
https://steamdb.info/app/1259420/graphs/

[IGN] XCOM and Civ devs start new studio
https://www.ign.com/articles/xcom-civ...