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If you thought the battle royale between Xbox and Activision with the FTC was over, think again because it seems like the US market regulator has hit the respawn button.
In January 2022, Microsoft approached to acquireActivision Blizzardin an eye-wateringdeal worth $68.7 billionwhich would essentially make the likes of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo and more first-party Xbox properties. Several market regulators had concerns with the takeover such as the CMA representing the UK and the FTC for the US. Eventually,Microsoft had won of both battlesand it now owns Activision Blizzard.
Check out our interview with the Modern Warfare III developers below!
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Microsoft had promised to keep Activision Blizzard an independent regulator, but the mass redundancies in January 2024 are said to go back on its word which the FTC believes that the Call of Duty and Diablo publisher isn’t operating independently. What this all means for the future of the acquisition, we can only speculate at this time. It’s a very safe assumption to make that the FTC won’t prevent the acquisition at this stage nor will it likely get the 1,900 ex-employees their jobs back. We’ll just have to wait to see how this developing story unfolds.
The most recent game in the Call of Duty series is the reimaginedModern Warfare IIIand it’s out now on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
Topics:Activision,Activision Blizzard,Microsoft,Xbox,Xbox Game Pass,Xbox One,Xbox Series S,Xbox Series X,Call Of Duty,Diablo,World Of Warcraft
