{"id":10005,"date":"2023-05-15T15:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/eu-approves-microsofts-takeover-of-activision-blizzard\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:37:29","slug":"eu-approves-microsofts-takeover-of-activision-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/eu-approves-microsofts-takeover-of-activision-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"EU approves Microsoft\u2019s takeover of Activision Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels at loggerheads with UK regulator over acquisition of Call of Duty maker<\/p>\n<p>The EU has approved Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a355bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard, in a move that puts Brussels at loggerheads with its UK counterpart over the gaming mega-deal.<\/p>\n<p>The EU accepted Microsoft\u2019s concessions on cloud gaming, the same problem that led the Competition and Markets Authority to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/26\/microsoft-bid-for-activision-blizzard-blocked-by-uk-competition-regulator\">block the transaction last month<\/a>. The proposed deal would bring together Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox console, with the video game developer behind titles including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Candy Crush Saga and Overwatch.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/15\/eu-approves-microsoft-takeover-activision-blizzard-call-of-duty\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/08f99b3fa5fcaded7b5d5d976a600e790f2073c7\/0_94_4566_2741\/master\/4566.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d95f74dc5d5ebcf8ca0a007426d628db\" title=\"EU approves Microsoft\u2019s takeover of Activision Blizzard\" \/>Brussels at loggerheads with UK regulator over acquisition of Call of Duty maker<br \/>\nThe EU has approved Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a355bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard, in a move that puts Brussels at loggerheads with its UK counterpart over the gaming mega-deal.<br \/>\nThe EU accepted Microsoft\u2019s concessions on cloud gaming, the same problem that led the Competition and Markets Authority to block the transaction last month. The proposed deal would bring together Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox console, with the video game developer behind titles including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Candy Crush Saga and Overwatch. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels at loggerheads with UK regulator over acquisition of Call of Duty maker The EU has approved Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a355bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard, in a move that puts Brussels at loggerheads with its UK counterpart over the gaming mega-deal. The EU accepted Microsoft\u2019s concessions on cloud gaming, the same &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/eu-approves-microsofts-takeover-of-activision-blizzard\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EU approves Microsoft\u2019s takeover of Activision Blizzard<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}