{"id":11633,"date":"2023-09-22T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/22\/uk-set-to-clear-microsofts-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:38:12","slug":"uk-set-to-clear-microsofts-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/22\/uk-set-to-clear-microsofts-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"UK set to clear Microsoft\u2019s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator\u2019s concerns<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, looks set to be cleared after the UK competition regulator said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/22\/microsoft-new-activision-blizzard-deal-uk-cma-ubisoft-call-of-duty#:~:text=Ubisoft%20will%20make%20an%20undisclosed,including%20multi-game%20subscription%20services.\">revised deal<\/a> had addressed its concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/feb\/08\/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-uk-gamers-cma\">moved to block the biggest tech deal in history in April<\/a>, citing concerns that Microsoft would dominate the nascent cloud gaming market.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/sep\/22\/microsofts-activision-blizzard-deal-set-to-be-cleared-by-uk-regulator\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/40abb141450439244f4947edba0f8da8f268b72d\/26_181_3616_2171\/master\/3616.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bb6871588e42c8f1980c2234f75f0b82\" title=\"UK set to clear Microsoft\u2019s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard\" \/>The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator\u2019s concerns<br \/>\nMicrosoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, looks set to be cleared after the UK competition regulator said a revised deal had addressed its concerns.<br \/>\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moved to block the biggest tech deal in history in April, citing concerns that Microsoft would dominate the nascent cloud gaming market. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator\u2019s concerns Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, looks set to be cleared after the UK competition regulator said a revised deal had addressed its concerns. The Competition and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/22\/uk-set-to-clear-microsofts-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK set to clear Microsoft\u2019s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11634,"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\/11633"}],"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=11633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}