After months of negotiations, it seems that the UK’s antitrust watchdog will finally approve the biggest video gaming deal in history.After months of negotiations, it seems that the UK’s antitrust watchdog will finally approve the biggest video gaming deal in history.
The UK’s antitrust watchdog announced today that it has provisionally accepted Microsoft’s new terms for its $69bn acquisition of Call of Duty developer Activision-Blizzard, renewing hopes that the biggest-ever gaming deal will go ahead.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the merger in April after fears that Microsoft — which already accounts for an estimated 60% to 70% of the global cloud gaming market — would further increase its advantage by making some of the world’s most popular games exclusively available on its own platforms.
