New hope for Microsoft-Activision deal after UK regulator reopens consultation

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has called for more public input on Microsoft’s bid for Activision-Blizzard, renewing hopes that the deal will be approved. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) originally blocked the $69bn (€63bn) merger in April. At the time, the regulator cited concerns that Microsoft would gain an unfair edge in cloud gaming and that consumer choice would be inhibited. The shock move was a potentially fatal blow to the takeover of Activision, which owns the Call of Duty, Candy Crush, and Warcraft franchises. Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, called the decision “bad for Britain” and his company’s “darkest day”…

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