$AMD Has unveiled 4 new chip architectures yesterday and made headlines.
Lisa Su, AMD's CEO, said that AMD will launch 4 new architectures in the next couple of quarters. AMD's Ryzen 7000 series is the first 5nm CPU for desktop PCs. The first chips are scheduled to hit the market on September 27 and will cost between $299 and $699.
The Ryzen 5 7600X chips will offer 5% faster gaming on average compared to Intel's Core I9 12900K. In addition, AMD has confirmed its ongoing partnership with Taiwan Semi $TSM with 5NM confirmed.
Blizzard stock has gained 10.57% in the last 6 months. During this time there has been a lot of exciting news, both positive and negative. Most importantly, the year for Blizzard has been marked by news about Blizzard's attempt to conquer our cell phones. Here is a brief summary of the most important news around Blizzard's mobile games this year:
Diabolo Immortal: Warcraft's first attempt to break into the mobile sector can be considered a success. The game has been dubbed by many as a successful Diabolo expansion, despite a lot of negative news around the controversial microtransactions in the game.
Warcraft Arcane Rumble: Blizzard's second mobile launch is also announced for this year, proving how serious Blizzard is about mobile. Warcraft Arcane Rumble is a slightly less subtle attempt, #supercell ( Ttencent $TCEHY ) to make competition. Arcane Rumble is scheduled for release in late 2022 and has strong similarities to Clash Royale, but already has a lot of hype.
Warcraft mobile: Besides Warcraft Arclight Rumble, a real Warcraft game was also planned together with mobile game maker Netease. However, "the companies' collaboration ended prematurely as a result of a financial dispute." - Tech radar.
What's your opinion on Blizzard's mobile strategy? I was asked the other day why I still have quite few gaming titles in my portfolio. Moving into mobile I see (financially) as a positive for Blizzard and will be building a position in Activision via a savings plan for the next few months.