The new PC game online sale, designed by Discord, offers a select menu of games curated by human staff, as well as a subscription service. Other game sites offer thousands of games with algorithms that make recommendations to users.
Disagreement
Microsoft is in talks to buy the Discord messaging platform for more than $ 10 billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Discord has reached out to potential buyers and Microsoft is one of them, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter, while one said it was more likely to go public than to sell itself.
Earlier in the day, VentureBeat reported that Discord was investigating a sale and that it was in final talks with a party.
Both Microsoft and Discord did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
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