Today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the new deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights.
In January 2022, Microsoft announced that it would be acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the largest gaming deal in history.
The deal was met with scrutiny from regulators around the world, who were concerned about the potential impact on competition in the gaming industry.
Today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the new deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights — one of the regulators that have been on the opposing side of the acquisition for quite some time.
