Explosive Exchange: FTC Chair faces off against hostile US Congress over Microsoft-Activision merger

What you need to know The United States FTC recently lost its bid to stop Microsoft from buying Activision for Xbox.  Although not directly related to this specific case, FTC Chair Lina Khan was in front of a House oversight committee in the United States this week and did field questions over the ABK deal.  […]

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FTC: Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal should remain blocked for now

Microsoft finds itself in yet another legal hurdle as the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed for an injunction to temporarily block its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC appealed the decision to block the proposed Microsoft-Activision merger in federal court citing potential harm to competition in the console, cloud gaming and […]

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Sony’s position on the Microsoft-Activision deal for Xbox was just fully exposed

What you need to know Yesterday, UK regulator the CMA published claims from both Sony and Microsoft with regards to the big Activision deal for Xbox. Microsoft is trying to purchase Call of Duty maker Activision for $69 billion dollars, as part of a push to get into mobile and PC gaming in a bigger […]

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