The European Commission will decide whether to approve Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard May 22.
The decision was supposed to take place in April but was delayed so the committee could review more feedback from Microsoft’s competitors and customers before deciding on an approach, according to Reuters.
It will also give Microsoft time to offer its games and Activision Blizzard titles to other services. It recently struck deals with streaming companies Boosteroid and Ubitus, with games from both companies coming to those services.
According to previous reports, the committee believes the deal will approve the deal.
Microsoft recently offered Nintendo a 10-year deal to publish Call of Duty games on the Switch system. The same offer is also available for Sony, but as of press time, the company is hesitant to accept any deal from Microsoft. It even claimed that the company might disrupt Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform to attract more customers to the more optimized version released for the Xbox console.
It also struck a deal with Nvidia to see games from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard appear on Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service.
Microsoft announced in January 2022 that it had agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. If approved, Microsoft would own the intellectual property rights to Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft, and more.
