June 13 (UPI) --The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing to prevent Microsoft ... of access to Activision's content or withholding content from competitors entirely," the FTC argued in its ...
And More The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued to block Microsoft Inc's (NASDAQ: MSFT) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), stating that the deal will ...
While I’ve said before I am not the biggest fan of the Microsoft Activision Blizzard acquisition ... Where to start. The FTC tried to “gotcha” Phil Spencer by making him swear under oath ...
Closing arguments have ended and the spectacle that was Microsoft ... Activision earlier on. But is that seriously what this is coming down to? Access to exclusive skins? Is this where we are? The ...
The recent Activision Blizzard acquisition by Microsoft went through -- and ... Under her leadership, the FTC has also sued to stop the NVIDIA-Arm merger and Meta's proposed purchase of virtual ...
Microsoft shares, meanwhile, rose 1.34% to $247.65 each. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said the FTC allegation that the deal is anticompetitive "doesn't align with the facts" and told company ...
The FTC filed a lawsuit objecting to the Activision Blizzard acquisition in December 2022, saying it would "enable Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox gaming consoles and its rapidly ...
Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard might not go through after all. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ‘likely’ to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of games giant Activision Blizzard, ...
The deal had been announced in January 2022 and the FTC sued to stop it in December ... The FTC has said that if Microsoft bought Activision, Microsoft would have the incentive and the ability ...
The FTC sued Microsoft last year to block the merger ... to address regulatory concerns,” Smith said in a statement. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick in a statement said the merger will ...
The companies are seeking to end an ongoing, parallel case that an Activision shareholder, the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC ... judge's ruling that Microsoft could go forward with its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.