UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it intends to block Microsoft’s megabucks Activision acquisition, concluding that such a merger would create “…the most powerful
operator” in the cloud gaming market.
The CMA noted that with a current share of 60-70%, acquiring Activision’s portfolio of games would “substantially weaken competition” in the market. It added that Microsoft would also have the incentive to withhold such games from competing gaming platforms.
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By way of a brief recap, Microsoft first reve

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