Microsoft Sued For Allegedly Exploiting Activision’s “Weak And Wounded” State For $69 Billion Acquisition
Microsoft is being sued for allegedly exploiting Activision Blizzard’s “weak and wounded” state as a company for its $69 billion deal.
Microsoft is being sued for allegedly exploiting Activision Blizzard’s “weak and wounded” state as a company for its $69 billion deal.
Activision Blizzard refutes the claim that it was paid $360 million by Google to stop development of a potentially rival app store.
Mark Darrah says that Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard will hopefully be a good thing in the short term, but perhaps not in the long run.
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has made $1 billion in 10 days, surpassing the previous record held by Call of Duty Black Ops 2 in 2012.
The UK’s CMA is no longer accepting opinions from the public on the Microsoft-Activision deal, and will begin reviewing the submissions.
UK regulators are concerned about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard due to Microsoft’s actions post-ZeniMax acquisition.
Microsoft has taken a swipe at the UK regulator for continuing its inquiry into the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition.
Activision has teased that a new Crash Bandicoot announcement is coming during the 2022 Game Awards, and it could be a new Wumpa League game.
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision is going through a second phase of investigations in the UK, with a new ruling deadline of March 2023.