Microsoft to Finalize $68.7 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard This Week: Sources

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Is Microsoft's extensive saga of trying to acquire Activision Blizzard finally coming to end? Maybe, as sources with The Verge have revealed that the Windows maker is planning to finalize its $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard as early as this week, around 20 months after it originally announced its intent to take over the publisher and developers behind Call of Duty, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and other major franchises. One of the last hurdles left appears to be a final decision from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, which, despite having blocked the deal earlier this year, started warming up to the concept again after seeing other regulators fall in favor with Microsoft, having concluded that the deal wouldn't be a threat to competition in the games industry. The FTC is also still obsessed about blocking the deal, something that it's been trying to do since December, but apparently in vain.

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