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SHAUN PRESCOTT Author, PC Gamer editor and passionate technology observer, Shaun covers trending tech topics for APC.
When Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision-Blizzard in January, it felt like a historical moment. It a historical moment. Indeed, for those of us who doubted the company could make a more disruptive move than its 2020 acquisition of Bethesda, it