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Microsoft's Activision is dropping team entry fees for its professional Call of Duty League, and will return prior collected fees, as the esports industry faces profit challenges, Bloomberg's Cecilia D'Anastasio reports. A lawsuit this year from a former owner identified the fees as $27.5M per franchise. Activision is also offering the teams two-year minimum revenue guarantees, according to the report. Reference Link

Transocean issued a quarterly Fleet Status Report that provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company's fleet of offshore drilling rigs. Deepwater Asgard - awarded a 365-day contract extension in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at a rate of $505K. Deepwater Skyros - customer exercised a three-well option in Angola at a rate of $400K. The aggregate incremental backlog associated with these fixtures is approximately $248M. As of April 17, 2024, the company's total backlog is approximately $8.9B.

Microsoft's (MSFT) Rare said that its 2018 video game "Sea of Thieves," has achieved 40M players across Xbox, Windows 10 and Steam so far. The Fly notes that the game is set to release on PlayStation 5 (SONY) on April 30. Reference Link

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