{"id":8909,"date":"2023-02-08T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition-will-harm-uk-gamers-says-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:37:50","slug":"microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition-will-harm-uk-gamers-says-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition-will-harm-uk-gamers-says-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm UK gamers, says watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says Xbox maker\u2019s takeover of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft owner could lead to higher prices<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s competition regulator has ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/18\/microsoft-buy-call-of-duty-activision-blizzard-world-of-warcraft\">Microsoft\u2019s $68.7bn (\u00a359.6bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard<\/a>, the video game publisher behind hits including Call of Duty, will result in higher prices and less competition for UK gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an in-depth investigation in September after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/sep\/01\/uk-watchdog-raises-concerns-over-microsoft-buyout-of-activision-blizzard\">raising a host of concerns about the biggest takeover in tech history<\/a>, said the deal will weaken the global rivalry between Microsoft\u2019s Xbox and Sony\u2019s PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/feb\/08\/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-uk-gamers-cma\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/91c3ded9258aef077f12c176f8119be1c2badfad\/0_0_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f07cdced42d28842262037274ca01050\" title=\"Microsoft\u2019s Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm UK gamers, says watchdog\" \/>CMA says Xbox maker\u2019s takeover of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft owner could lead to higher prices<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s competition regulator has ruled that Microsoft\u2019s $68.7bn (\u00a359.6bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the video game publisher behind hits including Call of Duty, will result in higher prices and less competition for UK gamers.<br \/>\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an in-depth investigation in September after raising a host of concerns about the biggest takeover in tech history, said the deal will weaken the global rivalry between Microsoft\u2019s Xbox and Sony\u2019s PlayStation consoles. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says Xbox maker\u2019s takeover of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft owner could lead to higher prices The UK\u2019s competition regulator has ruled that Microsoft\u2019s $68.7bn (\u00a359.6bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the video game publisher behind hits including Call of Duty, will result in higher prices and less competition for UK gamers. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition-will-harm-uk-gamers-says-watchdog\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft\u2019s Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm UK gamers, says watchdog<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8910,"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\/8909"}],"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=8909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}