X user Dior dropped a bombshell that Microsoft are preparing an offer of $16 billion in cash to buy Valve including their assets and IP.
  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    46·
    6 months ago

    according to unverifiable rumours. … The leak comes from an unknown and unreliable source in the gaming industry.

    But continues to write an entire article about it. I wouldn’t be shocked if the rumor was set by the person who writes the article itself. Edit: Which itself is only a few paragraphs, but filled with ads, links and images on the entire page.

    • Exec
      7·
      6 months ago

      Also wouldn’t that pull in major antitrust violation cases especially in the EU?

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I’ts not about integrity, it’s about clicks. It doesn’t matter if you read the headline, only if you clicked.