Collaborate Disseminate
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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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)
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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New Zealand is the latest country to approve Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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After publishing Microsoft’s list of “material changes” on Monday, The UK CMA is giving the public four days to provide it with feedback.
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Microsoft provided the UK CMA with a list of “material changes” that have occurred since the agency ruled against the Activision Blizzard acquisition. And while many were expecting additional compromises from the software giant, that’s not what happene… Continue reading Microsoft Offers the CMA New Evidence, Not New Compromises (Premium)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) were both embarrassed in recent weeks by Microsoft when their justifications for blocking the Activision Blizzard acquisition were exposed as irrational nonsense. An… Continue reading A Tale of Two (OK, Three) Antitrust Regulators (Premium)
Like many, I’m curious how Activision Blizzard will impact Microsoft’s financial results going forward. And so I did some math. And then some outright guessing. And then some more math.
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Blizzard Entertainment announced yesterday that it would bring a selection of its games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 on August 10.
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have announced an extension of their merging agreement deadline, which expired yesterday, July 18, to October 18.
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