Microsoft president clarifies EU cloud agreement, popular games will be 'automatically' licensed to competitors and 'this will apply globally'

It's all sunshine and lollipops from Microsoft as its quest to woo global regulators continues.

Microsoft offered the following commitments, all with a 10-year duration:

A corresponding free license to cloud game streaming service providers to allow EEA-based gamers to stream any [of] Activision Blizzard's PC and console games. Now Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith has filled-in the details on exactly what Microsoft has promised here."The European Commission has required Microsoft to license popular Activision Blizzard games automatically to competing cloud gaming services," said Smith."This will apply globally and will empower millions of consumers worldwide to play these games on any device they choose.

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