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The FTC has now dropped its case against Microsoft and its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
The development structure for Call of Duty won’t change now that it’s under the ownership of Microsoft.
Microsoft claims that Activision Blizzard was already planning its own mass layoffs prior to the merger closing, in response to the FTC’s complaint.
Almost half of the 1,900 developers Microsoft announced it would be laying off are coming from Activision Blizzard, new report reveals.
Microsoft lays off 1,900 people between its Activision Blizzard, Xbox divisions, and Blizzard’s previously announced survival game has now been cancelled.
PlayStation “is under pressure to react” with its own big acquisition following Microsoft closing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, says analyst.
Microsoft now officially owns Activision Blizzard King as the UK’s regulatory body the CMA has approved the deal, check out the details here.
The FTC will continue to challenge Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard through its own internal court, check out the details here.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally agreed to the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.