Microsoft ABK acquisition

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SPEND $$ TO EARN $$ | Xbox games revenue surges with Activision boost and Game Pass users rack up millions of hours playing Diablo 4 - Microsoft Q3

All thanks to that really small acquisition it made not long ago.

April 25, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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IT'S OVER, IT'S DONE | Microsoft has completed its Activision Blizzard acquisition and, oh God, there’s even a trailer

Was the statement alone somehow not enough?

Oct. 13, 2023 Mark Warren

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BYE BYE BOBBY | Activision Blizzard CEO (and James Corden fan) Bobby Kotick is out – but not just yet

You'll have to wait until 2024 for a Kotick-free ABK.

Oct. 13, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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CMA CLEARS THE WAY | Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition has officially been approved by UK regulators

The mega deal edges even closer to completion

Oct. 13, 2023 Mark Warren

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IS IT OVER YET? | Microsoft poised to close massive Activision Blizzard acquisition next week

Is the mega deal on the brink of reality?

Oct. 7, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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DESPERATE MEASURES | Activision Blizzard offers up streaming rights as CMA rejects initial acquisition proposal

Ubisoft would hold rights to stream Acti Blizz games for 15 years, in effort to save the deal.

Aug. 22, 2023 Connor Makar

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SEEMS LIKE A GO | FTC loses bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition

Microsoft can now close its Activision Blizzard deal.

July 11, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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SEE YOU IN COURT | PS6 release date, Indiana Jones exclusivity, Game Pass - everything learned from day one of FTC Trial

The court battle is underway, and everyone's dirty laundry is being revealed. Scandal! Intrigue! Saucey info!

June 23, 2023 Connor Makar

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HALT | Injunction grinds Microsoft x Activision Blizzard deal to a sudden halt

For a short time at least, the deal is on hold until a judge can make a ruling.

June 14, 2023 Connor Makar

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BIG MONEY | UK slaps additional restrictions on the Microsoft x Activision Blizzard King deal

Following the big No stamped on the deal earlier this year, Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard is facing another barrier.

May 12, 2023 Connor Makar

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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS | Shock! UK blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition

"On this basis, the CMA has decided to prohibit the Merger."

April 26, 2023 Connor Makar

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A GO THEN? MAYBE. | Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition edges closer as CMA states deal "will not result in a substantial lessening of competition"

The CMA is still concerned about cloud competition, though.

March 24, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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DELAYED DECISION | European Commission postpones decision on approving Activision Blizzard acquisition until May 22

The decision was original scheduled for April 25.

March 18, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Exclusive Club | Sony thinks Starfield being Xbox exclusive justifies why it's worried about Call of Duty

Microsoft initially said it had no incentive to make Bethesda games console exclusives.

March 13, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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PARANOIA? OR SPITE? | Sony presupposes Microsoft could intentionally release an unoptimized version of Call of Duty on PlayStation

Sony doesn't want to make a Call of Duty deal anyway, it's being said.

March 11, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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IT MIGHT JUST HAPPEN | New report says the Microsoft Activision merger is a go in Europe

The EU Commission is apparently sated, and will allow the acquisition.

March 2, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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COURTING ATTENTION | What’s the story behind all those PlayStation console exclusives? We’re about to find out

A whole bunch of juicy details are about to be released! What's Sony been up to?

March 2, 2023 Connor Makar

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OI LADS | Microsoft x Activision Blizzard King deal on knife's edge as UK warns it "could harm UK gamers"

The merger appears to be on a knife's edge.

Feb. 8, 2023 Connor Makar

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COMPLAINT FILED | FTC seeks to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard alleging it will suppress competition

It believes the acquisition would give Microsoft the "means and motive to harm competition."

Dec. 9, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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