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Microsoft has successfully persuaded regulators around the world to clear its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the biggest deal of its kind the gaming industry has ever seen ...
Pay rises, AI regulation, and layoff protection: what Activision Blizzard's newly unionised employees want from Microsoft.
Microsoft has settled the antitrust lawsuit from players attempting to block its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $69bn ...
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says the company is keeping an eye out for video game acquisitions, though there's nothing ...
Microsoft Corp., 681 F. Supp.3d 1069 (N.D. Cal. 2023), denying the Commission's application for a preliminary injunction to block the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. by Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard was first announced in January 2022, but it was delayed due to regulatory issues brought forward in the UK, EU, and US.
The Republican-controlled FTC is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.
The layoffs continue to pile up for the gaming industry as Microsoft cuts 650 positions within Xbox. According to CNBC, a memo from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Sp ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Santa Monica video game publisher Activision Blizzard hit headwinds earlier this month when the Federal Trade Commission announced its intent to block the $68.7 ...
Microsoft’s tumultuous attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard has largely focused on the voices of its competitors (namely Sony). But of all who are likely to feel the acquisition’s impact ...
Microsoft settled on Monday an antitrust lawsuit contesting its $69 billion dollar acquisition deal to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in court ...
Microsoft settles the antitrust lawsuit over its $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, with undisclosed terms and no refiling allowed. Game Pass price hikes and changes post-acquisition draw FTC ...