Microsoft has to deal with another lawsuit as the company is now also being sued by a group of gamers over its Activision-Blizzard deal.
From the looks of it, Microsoft has to deal with another lawsuit as the company is now also being sued by a group of gamers over its planned Activision-Blizzard megadeal.
Earlier this month, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a suit to block Microsoft’s intended merger with Activision-Blizzard. “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, alleging that the $69 billion deal, Microsoft’s largest ever and the largest ever in the video gaming industry, would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox gaming consoles and its rapidly growing subscription content and cloud-gaming business”, the FTC’s reasoning behind the suit reads.
Fast forward two weeks and Microsoft is now also being sued by several gamers who feel that the planned $69 billion deal would give the company “an unrivaled position” in the gaming industry. As such, the group of gamers wants to block the planned merger. The antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (not Activision-Blizzard), was filed in San Francisco yesterday by a total of ten plaintiffs who claim to be playing multiple Activision-Blizzard titles across, mostly, different platforms.
