Microsoft is reportedly interested in buying Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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A few weeks ago, nosotros shared the news that AT&T was reportedly considering selling off the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment division. This division includes studios similar Rocksteady, NetherRealm, Monolith and others, every bit well as some classic gaming backdrop such as Mortal Kombat. AT&T was reportedly seeking a toll somewhere between $two billion and $4 billion, with Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts and Activision all interested in making a bid.

Now, it appears that there's another big company considering behest for the acquisition. According to a new report from The Information, Microsoft is also interested in bidding on Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Microsoft has acquired several new game evolution studios over the last two years, including Double Fine Productions, Obsidian Amusement, Playground Games, Ninja Theory and others as a office of growing Xbox Game Studios.

Regardless of who (if anyone) ends upwardly making this purchase, it ways a dramatic shift for the gaming industry and the loss of a major publisher. It's not the simply rumored large buy around though, equally PlayStation parent company Sony is reportedly interested in purchasing Leyou, who ain Warframe developed Digital Extremes and Gears Tactics developer Splash Harm.

New Windows 11 preview build brings improved taskbar for touch users

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New Windows 11 preview build brings improved taskbar for bear on users

It'southward time for another Windows 11 preview build, and this week is some other big one. Today'due south build is 22563 and features even more than taskbar improvements, this fourth dimension for tablet users. Microsoft is introducing a new motorcar-hide Taskbar interface that'due south like to the touch-first taskbar that was first introduced on Windows 10X and the Surface Neo.