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ARTICLE · 22 MAY 2023

Call Of Duty Holds The Line: The Battle For Cloud Gaming

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (Activision) for £68.7 billion – following an in-depth investigation...

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (Activision) for £68.7 billion – following an in-depth investigation, given concerns over the deal's impact on the UK cloud gaming market.

In our previous article, Goodbye to Call of Duty? The War on Competition, we explored the competition concerns over the deal, giving Microsoft control over important gaming content such as Call of Duty (CoD), Overwatch and World of Warcraft.

The CMA's Review of the Deal

Since September 2022, the CMA and other competition authorities in the EU and US have been investigating the proposed deal to assess the risk it poses to competition.

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