Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has earned a lot of approvals, a few maybes, and one big no so far. Here's where it stands across the globe.
it would seek to block the acquisition, alleging that the"maker of Xbox would gain control of top video game franchises, enabling it to harm competition in high-performance gaming consoles and subscription services by denying or degrading rivals' access to its popular content".Well, it's not over until an administrative law judge has had their say. The FTC's challenge to the deal has to go through a bunch of legal wrangling before it can be approved or rejected.
A hearing on the FTC's case is set to kick off on August 2 this year. Even then, the verdict can be appealed to the FTC itself, and then the verdict on that appeal canSo settle in for the long haul, basically. On top of all that, theto block Microsoft and Activision going ahead with the deal anyway—despite the block from the UK CMA—after reports began circulating that the two companies might press on even without UK approval .
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