http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/24/tech...reut/index.htm
Looks like Microsoft plans to buy Vivendi's game division.
Vivendi owns Havas and Blizzard.
Havas makes Half Life, and Blizzard is the creator of such gaming hits as the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo series, some of the greatest games ever created.
Microsoft intends to buy this company with the purpose of strengthening their internal software line, meaning that these companies would be making all their games Xbox and possibly Windows exclusive. Microsoft bought Bungie, the company that made Halo. Halo was originally to be a PC game with serious online multiplayer capabilities, before Microsoft bought it and made it a selling point for the XBox.
If Microsoft bought Vivendi Games, I might possibly lose all faith in humanity due to that fucking behemoth Microsoft. I would literally be ill. They have ruined to many good things. I will never buy a Microsoft product, no matter whoever the fuck they buy. I hate them.