Microsoft’s plan to buy video game company Activision Blizzard faces a potential setback after British regulators demanded the companies come up with concessions to ease competition concerns about the blockbuster deal.
Microsoft is headed for a battle with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the U.S. will block the tech giant’s planned takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard.
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...
But the regulator ripped up its playbook by reopening the case after Microsoft agreed to sell the streaming rights to Activision's games to Ubisoft Entertainment, with remedies to ensure the terms were enforceable. The deal was the...
Microsoft's revised offer to buy Activision Blizzard has been approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after its initial...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has broken his silence on the toxic workforce claims as he attempts to close a massive Microsoft deal.
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 ...
When the deal was first announced in January, Microsoft clearly stated its intent to add many of the titles from Activision Blizzard’s enormous catalog of games to its Xbox Game Pass system. It appears as though making an entrance into mobile using more of the storied de...
albeit not always at the expense of other distribution methods. Elaborating on that point, the executive opined that things like physical game releases are never going to "completely go away." Ubisoft's Activision Blizzard game streaming deal is hence merely a continuation of the company's efforts...
Microsoft has officially closed its Activision Blizzard purchase just a day after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority signed off on the deal. The CMA signed off on Microsoft’s acquisition once the company agreed to license its game streaming rights to Ubisoft, easing concerns regulator...