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Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard have been in talks for months about a multi-billion-dollar acquisition, but their plans were halted when the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority slammed the brakes on the deal in the region. Many speculated that the EU might follow suit, but Reuters’ sources say that won’t be the case, and the merger could be approved as early as [...]
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In a surprising move, Microsoft's plans to acquire Activision-Blizzard have been blocked by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. After this setback, Microsoft released a statement that was equal parts vague and melodramatic, hinting at a reconsideration of their position in the UK and lamenting the state of innovation in the country. “This decision, I have to say, is probably [...]
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After walking back on its earlier findings, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) once again does a full 180 as it formally rules against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s high-profile merger. According to the CMA, the merger, valued at almost $70 billion USD, could “alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice [...]
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Last year, a group of gamers filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in hopes of blocking its impending $69 billion merger with Activision Blizzard over antitrust and monopoly concerns. US District Judge Jacqueline Corley, the judge presiding over the case, dismissed the lawsuit last month due to insufficient details on exactly how the merger will be detrimental to competition in the [...]
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Joseph Staten, the Head of Creative for Halo Infinite, is leaving Microsoft due to undisclosed reasons after nearly a decade with the company. Staten previously worked as a writer for Bungie before joining Microsoft in 2014 during a rough patch in Destiny 2’s development. He then joined 343 Industries in 2020 to oversee the development of Halo Infinite following its [...]
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Microsoft has apparently succeeded in convincing the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to support their hotly-debated merger with Activision Blizzard. The CMA was initially concerned about the possibility that the merger might stifle competition in the video game market and said as much when it released the results of its investigation. The regulatory body has now backtracked on its [...]
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Back in December, a group of gamers filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft to block it’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, alleging that the merger violated the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. The said lawsuit has summarily been dismissed by US District Judge Jacqueline Corley due to insufficient details on exactly how the merger will stifle competition. “Plaintiffs’ general allegation that [...]
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It’s no secret that Sony has been completely against Microsoft’s acquisitions of Activision Blizzard since the merger was first announced last year, and with good reason. The $69 billion deal between the two video game industry giants has sparked concerns over possibly antitrust violations and monopoly and is also being contested by several regulatory bodies including the U.S. Federal Trade [...]
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Microsoft is really working to assure everyone that they won’t be hogging Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard titles, at least for the next decade anyway. After signing a 10-year licensing deal with Nintendo, the company has also partnered with NVIDIA to bring the popular shooter franchise to the latter’s cloud gaming service, GeForce NOW. “Microsoft and NVIDIA announced [...]
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Nintendo has accepted Microsoft’s offer to keep the Call of Duty franchise on Nintendo devices for the next ten years. Readers will remember that Microsoft made the offer to both Sony and Nintendo last fall in hopes of assuaging anti-trust and monopoly concerns brought forth by various regulatory bodies. “Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year [...]
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