The European Commission has extended the deadline for making a decision Microsoft$69 billion acquisition Activision Blizzard. The EU’s competition watchdog said in a filing on Thursday that it would push back the initial April 25 deadline for the deal to May 22 after Microsoft submitted remedies to get it approved. While details of the fixes…
After the alleged argument Call of Duty: Mobile could be phased out, Activision has said it will continue to support the game with major updates in the long term. “We are committed to Call of Duty: Mobile as an important part of the entire Call of Duty franchise and our overall mobile strategy,” the company…
Sony’s Jim Ryan doesn’t care about the deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles. Instead, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO is focused solely on blocking Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. According to Activision Blizzard VP and CCO Lulu Cheng Meservey, Ryan made his position abundantly clear when he spoke behind closed doors in Brussels,…
Microsoft takes out full-page ads in UK newspapers promoting its plans to merge Activision Blizzard. As The Verge reporter Tom Warren spotted, the ad below appeared in both the Financial Times and the Daily Mail this week. It includes Microsoft’s claim that if the $69 billion deal goes through, Xbox is able to provide Call…
Microsoft has sought to reject any proposals it might make Xbox Game Pass prices should merge with $69 billion Activision Blizzard accept. After releasing its preliminary findings on the proposed deal last month, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority expressed concern that Microsoft could decide to raise the prices of its Game Pass subscription plans…
Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard is expected to move forward in the EU. According to a new report Reuterssources close to the matter said that recent licensing agreements between Microsoft and similar companies Nintendo and Nvidia “likely to deal with EU antitrust”. There were initially fears that the European Commission would require Microsoft…
The European Commission is unlikely to require asset sales as part of its approval process Microsoftacquisition proposed by Activision Blizzard. Although the UK regulator CMA recently proposed structural remedies to allow it to approve the deal, such as Activision Blizzard is selling the Call of Duty franchise-something Microsoft has said that is not possible or…
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is said to be meeting with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) this week to discuss their proposed $69 billion merger. By Bloomberg Microsoft’s lawyers attended a private hearing with the regulator to discuss the CMA’s findings and assess the feasibility of the proposed remedies. Last month, the CMA said…
The European Commission has extended the deadline for making a decision MicrosoftA $69 billion acquisition Activision Blizzard. In the application submitted on Wednesday, the EU competition authority announced that it had moved the temporary deadline for concluding the agreement by 10 days to April 25. The move came a day after the EU’s competition boss…
MicrosoftThe gaming chief has said his proposal is $69 billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition is not a “fixture” for the future. Xboxand that the gaming division will still exist even if regulators block the deal. Phil Spencer was in the UK this week for talks with the Competition and Markets Authority following a European Commission hearing…