“It’s clear,” as they said in Call of Duty games implying that the path to go ahead with the mission is unobstructed. Microsoft is in the same situation as the UK’s regulator has approved the biggest gaming deal in history. This means that the Windows maker will soon be able to close the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which makes popular games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal, which Microsoft restructured to address the regulator’s concerns, can proceed in the region.
“We’ve cleared the new deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights. In August, Microsoft made a concession that would see Ubisoft, instead of Microsoft, buy Activision’s cloud gaming rights,” CMA said in a post on X.
The deal will stop Microsoft from locking up competition in cloud gaming, preserving competitive prices and services for UK cloud gamers, it added. The regulator, earlier this year, blocked the merger which was later approved by the EU and a bunch of other countries.
The CMA, In its original probe, found that Microsoft held a strong position in relation to cloud gaming and the merger would harm the competition in the long run.
When Microsoft won FTC’s temporary blockage case in the US, it was reported that Britain might have been under pressure as it agreed to look into the deal again.
Microsoft’s restructured deal
Microsoft said that it will transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft – that essentially cleared the way for the deal to close.
“This new deal will put the cloud streaming rights (outside the EEA) for all of Activision’s PC and console content produced over the next 15 years in the hands of a strong and independent competitor with ambitious plans to offer new ways of accessing that content,” the CMA said in a statement.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal, which Microsoft restructured to address the regulator’s concerns, can proceed in the region.
“We’ve cleared the new deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights. In August, Microsoft made a concession that would see Ubisoft, instead of Microsoft, buy Activision’s cloud gaming rights,” CMA said in a post on X.
The deal will stop Microsoft from locking up competition in cloud gaming, preserving competitive prices and services for UK cloud gamers, it added. The regulator, earlier this year, blocked the merger which was later approved by the EU and a bunch of other countries.
The CMA, In its original probe, found that Microsoft held a strong position in relation to cloud gaming and the merger would harm the competition in the long run.
When Microsoft won FTC’s temporary blockage case in the US, it was reported that Britain might have been under pressure as it agreed to look into the deal again.
Microsoft’s restructured deal
Microsoft said that it will transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft – that essentially cleared the way for the deal to close.
“This new deal will put the cloud streaming rights (outside the EEA) for all of Activision’s PC and console content produced over the next 15 years in the hands of a strong and independent competitor with ambitious plans to offer new ways of accessing that content,” the CMA said in a statement.
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