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Local media in Japan reports that a suspect of treating #Nintendo employees & fans and let the suspension of all esport activities at the Nintendo Live Tokyo 2024 was arrested. Identity & rationale were not published yet, but it was suggested/speculated that the individual is at its 20s and it is actually a government official in the Ibaraki Prefecture & he began tracking/interfering with Nintendo's business for some unknown benefits. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹 🎮

In a new signal that FTC is not giving up on reversing #ActivisionBlizzard acquisition in the future, the regulator wrote to the 9th Circuit of Appeal Court that Microsoft contradicted on its promise that both Microsoft & ABK will operate independently post-merger. All this as a result of the recent layoff at Microsoft Gaming that also included redundant jobs and the eSport department of Activision Blizzard. After failing to win a Preliminary Injunction in Summer 2023, FTC has said that it will continue its inner process that if successful (an uphill road at best as per observers), could force Microsoft to divest ABK, but either way the process could take years. There is a chance that if by 2024 US Elections, there is a change in FTC administration and a republican one takes over, the FTC could abandon the efforts. The FTC under Biden Administration, has grown intolerant on mergers that means big companies just becoming bigger but, the low success rate has been questioned by Congress with tax money being used just to fail and FTC requesting more funding regardless. Meanwhile, Microsoft has denied FTC's accusation on the #ABK independence promise post-merger, indicating that Activision was already on plans for running layoffs before the deal's closure is incorrect to fully attribute to Microsoft Gaming's process. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

Activision Blizzard run an additional layoff aside from Microsoft Gaming's last week, this time impacting 83% of its #Esport business letting go 60 people. The now Microsoft-owned conglomerate feels that 12 people is enough to operate taking in-context that both Call Of Duty and Overwatch League are now operated via outsourced companies. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

Blizzard Entertainment has officially outsourced the management of #Overwatch official esport league with ESL Faceit Group administrating The Overwatch Champions Series World Final and taking place at DreamHack Stockholm. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

In midst of uncertainty about Valorant esport 2024 season, Riot Games confirmed running layoff afffecting 11% of workforce or letting 530 people go. TLDR & the same with other companies/industry, they over-hired & have business redundancy. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

In a sad and surprising turn of events, #Nintendo has canceled all Japanese Esports Events scheduled for Nintendo Live 2024 following threats to both staff and spectators for unclear reasons, which had all Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 activities postponed. #Gaming #GamingNews

Despite being touted as a country with the best internet infrastructure, #Twitch announced that it will be exiting South Korea market due high cost of maintaining operations. South Korea has grown as a esport spot in recent years. #Gaming #GamingNews

In a proof of the state of eSport in general, Bethesda confirmed that it will not renew for a 2024 season of #Quake Pro League, saying that will explore future opportunities to support hosting by independent competitions by the community and orgs. #Gaming #GamingNews