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Phantom Blade Zero’s Combat Is So Good, You Won’t Care The Story Makes No Sense

Phantom Blade Zero’s Combat Is So Good, You Won’t Care The Story Makes No Sense https://ift.tt/KPSX6di S-Game, the Chinese studio behind Phantom Blade Zero, clearly understands the core tenets of character-action games. If your melee combat isn't tight, responsive, and oozing cool, then what's the point? Some games might have better combat, but few can match Phantom Blade Zero's style.  Every moment feels like you're in the middle of a Chinese martial-arts movie, pulling off moves that shouldn't be feasible--moves that go against what we expect from third-person action games--yet are baked into the mechanics. The game is not without issues, and they do hold it back from reaching the genre's upper echelons, but the highs are stratospheric. Character-action games aren't typically known for telling riveting stories, and Phantom Blade Zero is no different. You play as Soul, a stoic assassin who dies in the game's opening moments when a sword tears t...
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Microsoft To Close Activision Blizzard Deal Next Week - Report

Microsoft To Close Activision Blizzard Deal Next Week - Report https://ift.tt/M9W4Fwb

After 20 months, multiple lawsuits, massive leaks, and other drama and controversy, Microsoft's blockbuster $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard may finally close soon. The Verge reports that Microsoft is eyeing Friday, October 13 to officially close the acquisition. Friday the 13th is known anecdotally to be a generally unlucky day, but facts and data do not show any significant uptick in bad stuff happening on Friday the 13th.

Microsoft recently restructured its deal in the UK and sold cloud gaming rights for existing and upcoming Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft to help get the deal done. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has given Microsoft preliminary approval to close the deal, and the deadline for which the CMA will solicit opinions is today, October 6. The CMA said it will issue its final judgement on or before October 18. This timeline would seemingly allow Microsoft to close the deal on Friday, October 13, provided there are no further roadblocks.

Microsoft originally announced its intent to buy Activision Blizzard in January 2022, so it's been a long time coming, but no one expected the deal to close quickly. Given the size of the buyout--it is Microsoft's biggest by far and among the largest ever in the technology space--the deal was expected to face regulatory scrutiny.

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