Leaked Xbox Emails Reveal Microsoft’s Scramble to Fill ‘Huge Hole’ in 2022 Game Lineup
The revelations from leaked Microsoft emails are coming in thick and fast. The latest set reveals Microsoft’s scramble to find video games to fill a huge hole in its lineup…
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.
CMA Awaiting Microsoft’s Proposals To Reach Agreement On Activision Deal
In a recent interview, chief executive at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority Sarah Cardell shared that the organisation is waiting on Microsoft's proposals for how it will address concerns…
Supreme Court Denies Gamers’ Last Ditch Effort To Block Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition
Ten self-proclaimed gamers filed for an emergency injunction in an attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision-Blizzard, but were rejected by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals, and now have also…
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition May Not Have A Resolution By Tuesday After All
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has conditionally agreed to pause Microsoft's appeal of the UK's Competition And Markets Authority's (CMA) prior decision to block the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Both…
Update: FTC Loses Appeal In Case Against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition
Update, 7/17/23: The U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Federal Trade Commission's appeal of a recent ruling in the regulator's case against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision…
Sony Agrees to Microsoft’s Call of Duty Deal
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan kicked, screamed, and called one form of the deal inadequate, but it has now been signed. Microsoft and Sony have come to an agreement…
UK Regulator CMA Extends Deadline In Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition Case
U.K. regulatory agency, the Competition and Markets Authority, has extended its deadline for delivering a potentially new ruling on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition by six weeks. In April, the CMA…
FTC plans to appeal ruling on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will need to issue an emergency stay if the FTC wants to prevent the acquisition before the deal deadline.
FTC Appeals Court Decision Permitting Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition
As was expected, the Federal Trade Commission has filed an appeal against Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s recent decision in favor of Microsoft’s proposal of buying Activision. The FTC has appealed…