Microsoft Settles Lawsuit With Gamers Over Activision Blizzard Merger
When Microsoft announced its plans to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022, it set off multiple lawsuits including a battle with the FTC that attempted to block the deal. Microsoft triumphed…
Game Pass Price Hike Criticized by FTC in Case Against Activision Merger
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has blasted Game Pass price hike in a new letter arguing against Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The FTC’s appeal against the merger is…
Paramount And Skydance’s Merger Is Approved, Here’s What It Means
Paramount and Skydance have jointly announced that after months of negotiations, the two companies now have a merger agreement in place. A deal was almost set in June before Paramount's…
Square Enix to absorb I Am Setsuna dev Tokyo RPG Factory in merger deal
Tokyo RPG Factory will be absorbed into Square Enix in its entirety and be dissolved as it joins the Final Fantasy publisher.
Senator Urges FTC to ‘Unwind’ Microsoft Activision Merger After Mass Layoffs
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “unwind” Microsoft‘s purchase of Activision Blizzard after the Xbox maker announced mass layoffs across its gaming division yesterday.…
Major Union Calls Completion Of Xbox/Activision Merger “A New Day” For Workers
After 22 months of negotiation and regulatory hurdles, the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft was completed this morning, as the CMA--the United Kingdom's regulatory body--finally agreed to the deal.…
Microsoft’s new UK Activision Blizzard CMA merger application includes cloud streaming divestiture
Microsoft may finally get to close this ATVI deal, following a new merger application with the CMA in the United Kingdom.
Activision to Get Up to $4.5 Billion If Microsoft Merger Fails
Activision Blizzard will receive up to $4.5 billion compensation from Microsoft if their proposed merger deal falls through at this late stage. The new figure has emerged following today’s announcement…
Microsoft And Activision Extend Merger Deadline To October, “New Commercial Arrangements” Expected
The July 18 deadline for Microsoft to close its deal to buy Activision Blizzard has come and gone, but both parties have now agreed to extend their deadline to October…
22 House Republicans Call on FTC to Drop Opposition to Xbox’s Activision Blizzard Merger
More than 20 Republicans in the US House of Reps penned a letter to the FTC, urging the regulator to drop its antitrust case against Microsoft.