Besides that, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has also joined the suit and granted its approval for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. With South Korea becoming the 38th country to support the deal, Microsoft moves closer to solidifying its position as a major player in...
The approval brings an end to Microsoft's nearly two-year battle to secure the takeover. The company entered into a $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard in January 2022, but the CMAblockedit over concerns it would be anticompetitive in the cloud gaming market. Microsoft was unable ...
Microsoft's acquisition deal for Activision Blizzard is set to be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States, according to people familiar with the situation. The information was reported by Bloomberg, who noted that the FTC has become more aggressive in its stance ...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extended the deadline to close their $69 billion deal by three months as they work to get U.K. regulatory approval.
Microsoft is now clear to close its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition ahead of the deal deadline. The closure will bring to an end a 20-month process of regulatory approvals and battles, and comes months after EU regulators approved the deal thanks to additional concessions from Microsoft....
Microsoft, which has been on a buying spree in the game development space for the past few years, is making its biggest purchase to date, announcing plans on Tuesday to purchase Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash deal. The takeover, if completed, will put the maker of Xbox ...
Microsoft has announced it is acquiring Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $68.7 billion. IPs that will be owned [...]
Microsoft reverted ATVI’s decision to remove all Blizzard games from GeForce Now by signing a deal with NVIDIA allowing Activision Blizzard games to be played in the GeForce Now (cloud gaming) service. Phil Spencer:“We have signed a 10 year agreement with NVIDIA that will allow GeForce ...
According to a report byThe Verge,Microsoftis looking to close out its acquisition ofActivision BlizzardKing on October 13, 2023. Friday the 13th jokes aside, the closure of the deal depends on the final approval of the UK’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA). ...
while it merely acquired a non-exclusive distributor license in others. The latter ended up being the case in the European Union, as the concessions Microsoft gave to Brussels included a pledge that anyone who buys an Activision Blizzard game in the future will be able to stream it via their...