UK Competition and Markets Authority Grants Microsoft Provisional Approval for Its Activision Bizzard Acquisition Deal

[Peter_Brosdahl]

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has concluded that Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard will not result in a substantial decrease in competition for console gaming in the UK. UK CMA goes on to explain that while previously submitted evidence indicated that Microsoft might make the Call of Duty franchise an exclusive for its Xbox consoles it now believes that prospect to be unlikely as it would, in fact, hurt Microsoft financially.

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[Grimlakin]

We are all shocked and awed.

Though really not being able to sell something in the UK Is like... having to skip colorado.