After losing key court fights, the FTC is moving on from its effort to undo the biggest gaming acquisition in history.

British competition regulators gave preliminary approval Friday to Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, easing a final global hurdle that paves ...

With this all-cash acquisition, Microsoft is now the third-largest ... for which it paid $7.6 billion in 2021. Activision Blizzard has more than 8,500 employees in nine game studios, while its ...

B purchase of Activision Blizzard, saying that pursuing the case was not in the public interest, Reuters reports. FTC ...

The original deal contract was set to expire on July 18. After negotiations, the merger close deadline was extended in return for Microsoft agreeing to pay Activision Blizzard a higher fee should ...

Microsoft closed its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard on Friday after clearing a series of regulatory hurdles since the deal was first announced in January 2022. The acquisition will ...

After negotiations, the merger deal deadline has been extended in return for Microsoft agreeing to pay Activision Blizzard from $3 billion to $3.5 billion should the merger deal be terminated ...

While Friday's news wasn't an approval of the deal, the CMA says it's "consulting on the remedies before making a final decision." Microsoft first revealed plans to acquire Activision in January 2022.

The deal with Activision would give Microsoft the rights to popular video game franchises, such as Call of Duty, which has generated over $30 billion in lifetime revenue with 425 million units sold.

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission presented its case on Thursday as to why a preliminary injunction should be issued to temporarily block Microsoft's acquisition of video game maker Activision ...