Enlarge / Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, in June, arriving to court in San Francisco to testify in the Federal Trade Commission’s suit to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of the company Kotick has led for 33 years. Getty Images reader comments 88 with Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, emailed employees after news of Microsoft’s ..
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Enlarge / The crucial part, you see, is You. Microsoft / Activision Blizzard reader comments 205 with It has been a long road since January 2022 when Microsoft first announced its intentions to buy the gaming conglomerate Activision Blizzard King. But after overcoming a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit and appeasing UK antitrust authorities, it’s official: ..
Artist’s conception of the FTC and Microsoft fighting over this deal in the courts. reader comments 96 with The Federal Trade Commission has given legal notice that it intends to appeal a recent district court decision that denied a temporary injunction in Microsoft’s proposed merger with Activision. The appeal notice, filed with the 9th Circuit ..
Enlarge / The FTC’s reported filing would be more likely to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard than its previous internally litigated lawsuit. Getty Images reader comments 153 with [Update, 6:30 pm ET: The FTC filed its complaint (PDF) for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s ..
Enlarge / Microsoft will offer Game Pass titles to Nvidia GeForce Now subscribers for streaming—a, shall we say, unique gaming setup to come. reader comments 33 with There’s a lot to unpack inside the game-streaming news from Microsoft’s Xbox event over the weekend. The shortest, most context-free version of it is that some Game Pass ..
Enlarge / Sony’s PlayStation 5. reader comments 53 with Share this story UK regulators reviewing Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard reversed their stance on a key question today, saying they no longer believe Microsoft would remove the Call of Duty franchise from Sony’s PlayStation consoles. Last month, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ..
reader comments 54 with Share this story Microsoft is preparing to launch a new app store for games on iPhones and Android smartphones as soon as next year if its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is cleared by regulators, according to the head of its Xbox business. New rules requiring Apple and Google to ..
reader comments 85 with Share this story Last fall, it looked like trouble for Microsoft when the European Union launched an in-depth investigation into its acquisition of Activision, but it now seems that Microsoft will emerge victorious. Three people familiar with the European Commission’s opinion on the matter told Reuters that, by agreeing to make ..
Enlarge / Microsoft’s arguments against the FTC’s halting of its Activision Blizzard purchase now rely more on Call of Duty than constitutional authority and corporate civil rights. Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 50 with 0 posters participating Share this story Microsoft has amended its response to the Federal Trade Commission’s suit trying to ..
reader comments 89 with 0 posters participating Share this story About two weeks after the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, 10 gamers from California, New Jersey, and New Mexico have banded together to file a lawsuit against Microsoft. Echoing many of the FTC’s concerns, the gamers are ..