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Ryuu96 on 01 April 2023
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shikamaru317 said:

Game Pass Loses Quantum Break Soon

Well this is odd to say the least, Xbox owns the IP. Two possibilities I can think of:

  • Xbox sold the IP back to Remedy at some point, and Remedy no longer wants it on Gamepass
  • The game has licensed music that is expiring and Xbox doesn't think it is worth it to either extend the license or patch the game to replace the license music

This isn't a good look Imo unless either your first point is true or the title is being delisted from the store entirely.

It was understandable with stuff like We Happy Few as Microsoft didn't own publishing rights, it is somewhat understandable for Forza titles as they get delisted fairly quickly and are then essentially 'replaced' by the next Forza but Microsoft owns both the IP and publishing rights to Quantum Break as far as we know so it is odd to see it removed unless it is being delisted completely.

Spade said:

Didn't think of that second point.. Still not a good precedent :/

When the next Activision date? Need some good news again.

NEXT KEY DATES:

- Late March - Early April 2023: Meetings and discussions with the CMA regarding the remedies working paper.

- Late March - Early April 2023: The EC will conduct and assess the market test for the remedies proposed by MS.

- April 10th 2023: The Canada Competition Bureau will update the list of merger reviews completed during the previous month (probably nothing will come out of it, but my guess is that sooner rather than later there will be a decision).

- April 18th 2023: Second extension of the original outside date. If MS quits by that date they have to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000,000; if they don't, the outside date gets extended until July 18th 2023.

- April 26th 2023: Final report and remedies from the CMA.

- April 28th 2023: Decision from New Zealand.

- April - May 2023: Decision from the SAMR in China.

- May 22nd 2023: Final decision from the EC.

- July 18th 2023: The end of the second extension and final outside date in the merger agreement. If MS quits by that date they have to pay a termination fee of $3,000,000,000; if they don't, they'll have to renegotiate the outside date with ABK.

- August 2nd 2023: Beginning of the FTC in-house trial.

- Early 2024: Decision from the FTC administrative law judge.

- Anything Beyond That: Unknown

The Microsoft / Activision Blizzard Acquisition

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 01 April 2023