The tone has risen in exchanges between Microsoft and opponents of the Activision-Blizzard takeover. After the FTC announced that it wanted to legally prevent the takeover, it was the management of Microsoft Gaming that asserted its position. First, about Brad Smith, Vice President of Microsoft, who a “total trust” in the file. Then it was ...
Given the announcement of the North American FTC’s initiative to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, one of the regulator’s main arguments has been denied by the very source that is supposed to be the best weapon. against Microsoft. According to EU response Given what happened yesterday, they denied that Microsoft promised European regulators that ...
Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard is becoming a never-ending story. After things looked pretty good for Microsoft in the USA, the competent authority FTC has now filed a lawsuit and is trying to block the deal! Most recently, the report had suggested that the members of the US Federal Trade Commission, FTC for short, were ...
They take care of the consumers, but not of the workers. This is the summary of statement issued by the CWA (Union of Communications Workers of America), regarding the attempt to block the purchase of Activision Blizzard by the FTC, which, as we already know, yesterday officially confirmed that it had formalized the complaint to ...
The US FTC has officially announced that it will block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The first hammer fell! The FTC in the US has today announcethat the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft will be blocked and is preparing a corresponding lawsuit. The reason for the blocking is that Microsoft allegedly would have an ...
The whole world is talking about the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft, since it is officially known that the company directed by Satya Nadella He was thinking of taking over Activision here, everyone has already given their opinion. The deal has been significantly delayed over time and although the purchase now appears to have stalled, ...
In the dispute over the planned takeover of the publisher Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, including all game brands, the arguments of the companies involved have now been disclosed. This also applies to competitor Sony insofar as it is still trying to prevent the takeover. In order for the billion-euro deal to actually go through, competition ...
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which has been investigating Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, has issued a major update on the case. Government agencies have been hearing from Microsoft and Sony on whether this will reduce competition in the gaming industry. Basically, each side presented their arguments in support of ...
The European Commission has announced an in-depth investigation into Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. It is “concerned that the proposed acquisition may reduce competition in the game console and PC distribution market”. As of the date of this announcement, the European Commission has 90 days to make a final decision on the acquisition. Until then, ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to cause uproar among antitrust authorities. Now the EU Commission is entering the second stage of the investigation. The takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for just under 70 billion US dollars is far from dry, because the international antitrust authorities have not yet been able to get their ...
