The UK regulator investigating Microsoft's attempted $68.7bn Activision Blizzard takeover attempt has raised significant concerns over the deal going ... Activision "could harm UK gamers" and ...

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Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard will stifle competition and hurt the gamers, an in-depth investigation in Britain found. Britain's Competition and ...

Microsoft’s proposed $69B acquisition ... and “in turn harm UK gamers.” “Our job is to make sure that UK gamers are not caught in the crossfire of global deals that, over time, could ...

Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm competition ... said the proposed deal, which would make Microsoft the world’s third-largest video game publisher, could ...

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft's position in the growing cloud gaming market, “harming U.K. gamers ...

The move may allay concerns by ensuring more ways for consumers to get games controlled by Microsoft, but regulators around the world have been skeptical about the acquisition. Britain earlier this ...

Microsoft has inked a 10-year deal to bring ... Blizzard's biggest games, namely Call of Duty, exclusive to Xbox — a move they argue would stifle competition and therefore harm consumers.

That in turn could "potentially [harm] UK gamers ... First announced last year, the merger would allow Microsoft to add titles like Call of Duty to its already impressive suite of games. The deal ran ...