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UK authorities give final approval for Microsoft’s $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 13, 2023
2 min

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority gave final approval today for Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The CMA issued a statement...

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Captain John Price returns in the campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

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Microsoft signs 15-year cloud streaming deal with Ubisoft in latest bid to win Activision Blizzard approval

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 22, 2023
3 min

Microsoft has signed a 15-year deal to license Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft in its latest bid to win...

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Acquisition pause, Venom, and Ubisoft’s ‘large game’ | Kaser Focus

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
July 22, 2023
2 min

Another long week on the books, and luckily this one was not entirely dominated by the Microsoft-FTC-Activision Blizzard scuffle. In fact, given that Microsoft...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II aims for realism in night or day.

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Sony signs deal with Microsoft to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2023
1 min

Microsoft and Sony have signed a binding deal to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform. The deal comes after a federal appeals...

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The clock is ticking on gaming’s biggest acquisition | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 14, 2023
3 min

In the antitrust case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition, there are jokesters who are wondering which side the Federal Trade Commission is really on....

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What happens to Microsoft and Activision Blizzard post-FTC?

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
July 12, 2023
2 min

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has issued her ruling in the case of the Federal Trade Commission’s temporary injunction against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard....

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Judge denies injunction in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
July 11, 2023
2 min

A judge has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s pending merger. While the FTC...

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FTC vs Microsoft is the stuff of legends | Kaser Focus

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
July 1, 2023
3 min

You’ll forgive me if this Kaser Focus is a bit longer than usual, but things really popped off this week. Last week, we saw...

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FTC seeks injunction to block $68.7B Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
June 12, 2023
2 min

Updated June 13 6:30pm — The FTC has been granted a temporary injunction blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The parties are expected to...

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Only six of Activision Blizzard's 10,000 employees caught the coronavirus.

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European Commission approves Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 15, 2023
2 min

The European Commission announced today that it had approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. While it expressed reservations about the deal, it said Microsoft’s efforts...

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