{"id":11843,"date":"2023-10-13T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T06:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/13\/microsofts-69bn-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T06:38:01","slug":"microsofts-69bn-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/13\/microsofts-69bn-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Competition regulator had initially moved to block acquisition but concerns addressed<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in a move that paves the way for both companies to complete the transaction.<\/p>\n

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moved to block the megadeal in April<\/a>, citing concerns that Microsoft \u2013 the maker of the Xbox gaming console \u2013 would dominate the nascent cloud gaming market.<\/p>\n

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\nCompetition regulator had initially moved to block acquisition but concerns addressed
\nThe UK\u2019s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in a move that paves the way for both companies to complete the transaction.
\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moved to block the megadeal in April, citing concerns that Microsoft \u2013 the maker of the Xbox gaming console \u2013 would dominate the nascent cloud gaming market. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Competition regulator had initially moved to block acquisition but concerns addressed The UK\u2019s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a354bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in a move that paves the way for both companies to complete the transaction. The Competition and Markets …<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11844,"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\/11843"}],"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=11843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}