Opponents, including Sony, challenged the proposal at an EU hearing held behind closed doors.
Microsoft has defended its proposal to buy Activision Blizzard - the maker of Call of Duty and Candy Crush - at an EU competitions hearing.But rival Sony, which also attended the hearing, says the merger would give Microsoft too much control over some of the world's most popular games.Microsoft president Brad Smith described the EU hearing on Tuesday as "an important day".
"That's not a great way to turn a $69bn asset into something that will become more valuable over time." Nvidia and Microsoft have announced a partnership which would enable both Xbox PC games and Activision Blizzard titles to become available via Nvidia's cloud-streaming platform GeForce Now.
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