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U.K. wants Call of Duty removed from Microsoft’s Activision acquisition

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U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority is suggesting the divestiture of Call of Duty or Activision before it’d accept Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition.
Microsoft has hit a major roadblock in its attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has determined that the deal “could harm U.K. gamers.” For the deal to go through, the CWA is suggesting some major concessions, like Activision Blizzard divesting in the Call of Duty or Activision segments of its business ahead of the acquisition.
A notice of possible remedies document asks Activision Blizzard to do one of the following three things if it doesn’t want the acquisition to be potentially prohibited.

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