Another body, and as far as we can count there are already 7 who said yes (for one who said no), to the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. And in this case, it is the one that is in Europe but which is not within the European Union, at least for the moment, so it has an independent body for regulating competition. This is Ukraine, which has just accepted the agreement.
In the statement issued by the Ukrainian government, and what can you read here, refers to the concerns of the European Commission and the CMA, which ultimately rejected the purchase agreement, regarding Cloud Gaming. However, he adds that neither Microsoft nor Activision Blizzard currently offer this type of service in Ukraine, so there is no relevant reason to assess its impact in his country.
This is the biggest deal in video game history.
This is how the Ukrainian authorities define him and precisely for this reason he is involved with so many governments and so many anti-competitive organizations. Of course, we know that Ukraine, whatever its current situation, is not a powerful and relevant market for Microsoft, but it is another one that adds to the fact that the CMA decision ends up being the alone in not supporting the agreement.
At the beginning of the month, Microsoft informed us of the arrival of PC Game Pass in 40 new countries, including Ukraine itself, which already has the possibility of contracting and taking advantage of this service, but we will still have to wait for Xbox getting Cloud Gaming there.
