The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has released a series of mostly anonymous statements from gaming companies, and they all provisionally agree that Microsoft’s proposed deal to buy Activision Blizzard would not be a bad thing for the overall video game industry.
The CMA uploaded documents from six different “market participants” who shared their thoughts on the buyout. Only one company, 4J, went on record and kept its name public–the other five submitted their opinions anonymously.
4J is an independent studio but it is financially involved with Microsoft, as it developed a number of Xbox games and Minecraft’s console editions. 4J boss Chris van der Kuyl said Microsoft has never pressured 4J to “favor” Microsoft-owned formats.