Opinion: Baker Botts' Jody Boudreault explains how the Ninth Circuit's ruling in FTC v. Microsoft Corp. provides a roadmap ...

Longtime Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick left the company in 2023 after the Microsoft deal was completed Microsoft also had to clear major regulatory hurdles in the U.K., resolving antitrust ...

giving Microsoft and Activision clearance to close the deal in the US. The two would eventually close the deal, after also securing approval from the UK CMA, in October 2023. FTC chair Lina Khan ...

The FTC also had concerns over the deal's implications on mobile gaming. Microsoft ... needed (like the UK). One of those concessions was giving Ubisoft the rights to release Activision's current ...

Microsoft rocked the gaming world in January 2022 when it confirmed plans to buy Activision Blizzard for ... two-year-old case against Microsoft's deal. "The Commission has determined that the ...

The FTC has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision ... also opposed the deal. The deal also faced scrutiny in the UK by the country’s regulators.

Microsoft acquiring Blizzard may be old news, with the deal finalising ... It has been clear for a while the FTC is fighting a losing battle here. Once Microsoft was able to convince the UK's ...

Those ongoing scandals eventually forced longtime Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick out of the company as Microsoft cleaned house leading into the merger. Microsoft also had to clear major ...

with its purchase of Activision, maker of the popular "Call of Duty" franchise. The FTC had initially said it wanted to block the deal because once Xbox owner Microsoft controlled "Call of Duty," it ...

Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard cleared its final U.S. regulatory hurdle as the FTC dropped its ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.