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Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard: What’s going on and what happens next? | GamesIndustry.biz
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Microsoft’s proposed $70bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard is currently being scrutinised by regulators around the world.

The latest headlines centre around the US Federal Trade Commission, which, after its own investigation into the potential impact of the deal, has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft and Activision in an attempt to block the merger.

The regulation process is complicated, and involves various different bodies from different countries that must look at the deal before it can go ahead.

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s going on, and where the key issues lie.

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Lots to chew on in Microsoft’s emphatic response to UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, which recently demonstrated skepticism of MS’ $70 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard (which includes King; don’t forget legit mobile powerhouse King!)

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Analyse de la réponse de Microsoft à l’enquête de la Competition and Markets Authority britannique à l’occasion du rachat d’Activision-Blizzard-King et des exclusivités à la console Xbox, excluant potentiellement la PlayStation de Sony de jeux populaires tels que Call of Duty.

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Xbox’s Activision Blizzard deal to get in-depth probe by UK regulators
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Microsoft was given the option to address the CMA’s concerns about its merger with Activision Blizzard. After failing to do so, the CMA is launching a deeper probe into the deal.

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PlayStation: Xbox’s Call of Duty offer was “inadequate on many levels” | GamesIndustry.biz
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Microsoft has promised to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for three years beyond the current agreement between Activision and Sony, says PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan.

In a statement provided to GamesIndustry.biz, Ryan says the offer was “inadequate on many levels.”

The disagreement between the two companies follows Microsoft’s offer to buy Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard in a deal worth nearly $69 billion. The deal is currently being scrutinised by competitions regulators, with the UK regulator (The Competition and Markets Authority) concerned over the possibility of Microsoft “withholding or degrading” Activision Blizzard’s content from other consoles or subscription services.

Last week, Xbox revealed that it had “provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years” beyond Sony’s existing contract with Activision. Xbox said this offer “goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.”

The current deal between Sony and Activision Blizzard around Call of Duty is believed to cover the next three releases, including this year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

However, Sony says the offer fails to consider the impact on PlayStation gamers.

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Microsoft leans on Game Pass, Call of Duty promises to calm regulators - The Washington Post
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Microsoft’s unprecedented $68.7 billion purchase of embattled video game giant Activision Blizzard has antitrust regulators sniffing the scene with eyebrows raised, prompting a response this week from the tech giant. Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty series, it said, will continue to launch on Sony’s PlayStation consoles as well as on Xbox, while Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service will bring franchises like Overwatch and Diablo to other devices, including phones, via streaming.

That latter point — repeatedly emphasized by Microsoft — glosses over an inconvenient fact: Game Pass is itself a platform, one that allows users to access a rotating selection of hundreds of games to download and play for a low monthly price. In spreading it far and wide, Microsoft is not performing some act of selfless magnanimity. Instead, it’s setting itself up to come out on top in the next video game console war, one in which apps and services win the day, not specific devices. (A U.K. regulator argued as much in a decision published Thursday, which amounted to the first real public challenge to Microsoft’s planned acquisition).

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