"While we continue to have concerns about the economy and growing industry competition, we remain focused on the long-term opportunities ahead and completing our merger with Microsoft," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Bliz...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extended the deadline to close their $69 billion mega-deal by three months as the parties work to get approval from U.K. regulators. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s original merger agreement expired July 18, 2023. On Tuesday, the companies...
Microsoft makes case for Activision merger amid EU scrutiny Microsoft President Brad Smith addresses a media conference regarding Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the future of gaming in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Published 5:16 AM ...
Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard have jointly agreed to the extend the deadline for the planned merger to October 18, 2023.
One of the key points of contention is the judge’s reliance on agreements between Microsoft and its rivals for game distribution as evidence that the merger would not negatively impact competition. The FTC argues that thi...
The Microsoft - Activision case shows merger review shouldn’t be used to attack companies or engineer bureaucratic hurdles to economic freedom, progress, and growth.
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sided with Microsoft, finding that the FTC had failed to prove that it was likely to win at trial.
Microsoft now has a five-day legal hearing to make its arguments to the FTC - and the case has already brought everything fromIndiana Jonesto sci-fi role-playing games into the focus of a courtroom. Here are the key moments from day one - and what's to come later. ...
An interesting decision for sure, and one that Microsoft needed after the CMA decided to block the merger. With Microsoft appealing the CMA decision, we're now looking at the filed FTC suit to see where this deal is going, and whether it will still pass in its original state. Deal of ...
With an FTC hearing in the US still slated for August and the CMA’s process likely to last through the rest of 2023, the industry will have to keep waiting to find out the true impact of Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard’s attempted merger on consoles, Call of Duty, cloud gaming, ...