Collaborate Disseminate
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.
More to the point, I looked at the company’s quarterly revenues fo… Continue reading Microsoft + Activision Blizzard: Show Me the Money! (Premium)
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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A British High Court judge formally paused the UK CMA’s block of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, giving the two sides more time to negotiate.
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Sony has finally answered the email Microsoft sent 18 months ago and has agreed to a deal that will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.
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Less than one hour after Microsoft’s legal victory against the FTC on Friday, the UK CMA blinked and backtracked yet again.
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In yet another legal victory for Microsoft, a U.S. Appeals court has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) emergency motion to halt the software giant’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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