The UK’s CMA Has Now Approved Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finally approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard
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Activision Blizzard Says No Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III or Diablo IV on Game Pass This Year

Activision Blizzard says that Diablo IV and the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III won’t be coming to the Game Pass library this year.
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Microsoft Reportedly Aims to Close its Activision Blizzard Acquisition on October 13

Microsoft is reportedly getting ready to complete its $68 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week on October 13.
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FTC Revives its Battle Against Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

It can’t prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard, but the U.S. FTC will nonetheless hold an internal trial on the topic.
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The UK’s CMA Provisionally Approves Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal

The UK’s CMA has provisionally approved Microsoft’s restructured Activision Blizzard deal, which will transfer cloud gaming rights for ABK games to Ubisoft.
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EU May Need to Review Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal

The EU Commission says it’s “carefully assessing” the situation after Microsoft submitted a restructured Activision Deal to the UK’s CMA.
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The EU is Unsure About Microsoft’s New UK CMA Deal

The EU said today that it would determine whether Microsoft’s new UK concessions represent a reneging of its own deal with the software giant.
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Pushback (Premium)

With the UK Competition and Markets Authority CMA unexpectedly pushing back against Microsoft’s admittedly concession-free “material changes” in its Activision Blizzard acquisition, the software giant, finally, has blinked. And it is now offering a com… Continue reading Pushback (Premium)

Microsoft Proposes Selling Activision Blizzard Cloud Streaming Rights to Ubisoft

To close its Activision Blizzard deal in the UK, Microsoft Microsoft offered to sell cloud streaming rights for ABK games to Ubisoft over the next 15 years.
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