Antitrust regulators in the European Union have asked games developers to repsond by October 10 on whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals‘ access to Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games on their platforms. A decision on the acqusition of Activision by Microsoft is expected by November 8.
EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals‘ access to Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. EU antitrust regulators are due to make a preliminary decision by November 8 on whether to clear Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,67,600 crore) acquisition of Activision.
The EU competition enforcer also asked if Activision’s trove of user data would give the US software giant a competitive advantage in the development, publishing and distribution of computer and console games, the EU document shows.
