Microsoft faced some roadblocks when it tried to acquire Activision Blizzard in an eye-watering $68.7 billion deal. However, it prevailed. In 2023, it successfully beat the FTC’s request for an ...

Microsoft Activision deal worked out in Sony’s favor after all. ... Judge Collins also pointed out that the practice of making games exclusive is pretty much a feature of the games industry.

The FTC have themselves ended their action vs. the Microsoft Activision deal. The FTC revealed plans to investigate the deal shortly after Microsoft announced it in 2022.

Big news for gamers: the FTC just lost its appeal against Microsoft’s huge $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This means the deal, finalized in October 2023, is now set in stone.

Basically, any legal roadblock to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard takeover has now officially been bulldozed. The deal was already finalized back in October 2023, just a few months after ...

FTC drops antitrust case against Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal. Despite Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard closing in 2023, the FTC has continued to put pressure on the deal. However, ...

US Appeals Court Has Finally Rejected FTC’s Case To Cancel Microsoft-Activision Deal. May 8, 2025 by Ryan Parreno. Video game, set, ... 10 BRAND NEW Games of Summer Game Fest 2025.

A recently laid-off project manager says that deals for Xbox Game Pass games (that Microsoft doesn't already own) range from ...

Last year, Activision Blizzard reported that it made $5.1 billion just from microtransactions within its games. Adler believes the deal will go through despite the commission’s challenge, saying ...

The Microsoft-Activision deal may be in jeopardy. According to the New York Times, the Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of the popular ...

LONDON — British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft's blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Friday dropped concerns that the deal would hurt the console gaming ...