GeForce Now

• Best-selling gaming headset and leading gaming accessory maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR) today announced their acclaimed Turtle Beach® Atom™ Mobile Game Controller is now available for gamers on iPhone.
• The Atom Controller is the brand’s compact and portable mobile gaming controller with a unique design.
• The Turtle Beach Atom Controller is the way to go.” The Atom Controller for iOS comes in a Cobalt Blue colorway and is available today at www.turtlebeach.com and participating retailers worldwide for $79.95 MSRP.
• The Atom Controller companion app for iOS and Android lets gamers configure additional features, monitor battery life, install future firmware updates, and search for new compatible games.

• DUBLIN, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Passenger Car Cockpit Entertainment Research Report, 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
• The Passenger Car Cockpit Entertainment Research Report for 2023 explores the landscape of cockpit entertainment function layouts within passenger car original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and cockpit entertainment product layouts among suppliers.
• The report provides insights into the current state of cockpit entertainment development and predicts future trends in this field.
• In conclusion, the evolution of cockpit entertainment is entering a new phase, focusing on immersive scenarios such as gaming.

• Microsoft’s proposed US$68 billion (£52 billion) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard should be allowed to go ahead, according to a US federal judge.
• Yet US competition authority the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken the rare step of appealing the decision.

Cloud gaming

• Microsoft owns the Xbox gaming console and makes games like Minecraft and Age of Empires.
• Cloud streaming is viewed by many as the future of gaming.
• So far, however, cloud gaming has struggled to take hold with consumers.
• Yet as a whole, the segment is expected to keep grinding upwards, capturing 6.2% of gaming in 2027 compared to 3.8% today, with revenues rising from US$4.3 billion to US$18.7 billion.

Regulatory differences

• The European Commission (EC) was among those that cleared the deal with conditions.
• These related to ensuring Activision games wouldn’t be restricted to Microsoft’s cloud gaming services but could be played on any platform.
• The UK and US competition authorities both view cloud gaming as a “distinct market” that needs to be protected from a large technology incumbent.
• Earlier this year I submitted a report to the CMA titled Cloud Gaming Is Not A Distinct Market.

What next

• The terms of the deal stipulate that Microsoft must consummate the merger by July 18, or pay Activision US$3 billion in termination fees.
• Yet blocking the way are the FTC appeal and the CMA in the UK.
• The CMA signalled it was willing to negotiate with Microsoft after the US ruling, but has since tempered any expectations of a quick resolution.

• The agreement will enable gamers to stream Xbox PC titles from GeForce NOW to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices .
• "Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand how people play," said Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.
• Microsoft and NVIDIA will begin work immediately to integrate Xbox PC games into GeForce NOW, so that GeForce NOW members can stream PC games they buy in the Windows Store, including third-party partner titles where the publisher has granted streaming rights to NVIDIA.
• Microsoft also shared today that it finalized a 10-year agreement to bring the latest version of Call of Duty to the Nintendo platform following the merger with Activision.