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Microsoft’s Stunning Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard

Microsoft’s Stunning Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard

FromThe MinnMax Show


Microsoft’s Stunning Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard

FromThe MinnMax Show

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Length:
121 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a big episode for you this week, as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia unpack the news that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard and rave about the new action RPG Nobody Saves the World. Then we're joined by the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin to talk about RPGs on the GameBoy Advance like Mother 3 and Tomato Adventure. Then Sarah Podzorski jumps on to help us answer community questions submitted on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:41 - Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard!!!
00:31:16 - Nobody Saves the World
00:48:03 - Mother 3
01:02:59 - Tomato Adventure
01:14:37 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:18:29 - Community questions
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Released:
Jan 20, 2022
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Released every Thursday, The MinnMax Show features former Game Informer employees and beyond talking about the week's most exciting games or game industry news before reading feedback from the Patreon community found at patreon.com/minnmax.