The UK regulator investigating Microsoft's attempted $68.7bn Activision Blizzard takeover attempt has raised significant concerns over the deal going ... Activision "could harm UK gamers" and ...

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Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard will stifle competition and hurt the gamers, an in-depth investigation in Britain found. Britain's Competition and ...

Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm competition ... said the proposed deal, which would make Microsoft the world’s third-largest video game publisher, could ...

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft's position in the growing cloud gaming market, “harming U.K. gamers ...

According to Microsoft, prospective PC Game Pass users will no longer have the opportunity to take advantage of the service’s ...

Meanwhile, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal could harm UK gamers, concluding that "Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision could result in higher prices ...

The move may allay concerns by ensuring more ways for consumers to get games controlled by Microsoft, but regulators around the world have been skeptical about the acquisition. Britain earlier this ...

Microsoft has inked a 10-year deal to bring ... Blizzard's biggest games, namely Call of Duty, exclusive to Xbox — a move they argue would stifle competition and therefore harm consumers.

That in turn could "potentially [harm] UK gamers ... First announced last year, the merger would allow Microsoft to add titles like Call of Duty to its already impressive suite of games. The deal ran ...