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Microsoft has submitted a new Activision Blizzard deal for review after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed the original deal is blocked.
The purchase of CoD and Diablo maker Activision Blizzard by Microsoft is “prevented” by the UK CMA, citing concerns around Game Pass, competition, and more.
The CMA forced Microsoft to restructure its Activision Blizzard deal, giving up key cloud gaming rights in the UK and many other markets worldwide. “The CMA held to a tough standard and I ...
Microsoft’s appeal process against UK regulators for its Activision Blizzard deal will start fully in July. A judge has penciled in the week of July 24th for Microsoft v. the CMA.
Earlier today, the UK's CMA approved the Microsoft Activision Blizzard merger. Having previously rejected the company's bid to purchase the creator of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and ...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have announced they will appeal the CMA’s decision, but there’s a problem: Their deal has a deadline, and it’s coming up really soon.
Main thesis. UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that it would prevent Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) from acquiring Activision Blizzard for $69 billion dollars.Following the announcement ...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard may finally be at the finish line. The CMA provisionally greenlit Microsoft's acquisition of the "Call of Duty" developer. It comes after a lengthy period in ...
In addition to having scores of the company’s games to offer on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft will now add nine Blizzard game studios to Xbox Game Studios and bring some 8,500 Activision employees ...
The CMA’s preliminary approval is great news for Activision Blizzard’s future with Microsoft. We’re glad the CMA has responded positively to the solutions Microsoft has proposed, and ...
The CMA is now taking comments from anyone who wants to address the new Microsoft submission by the end of the day on Friday, August 4, via email at [email protected].