Microsoft plans to close its acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week, on October 13., bringing to an end the largest transaction ever seen in the industry – $68.7 billion – and which took 20 months to complete since first reported. Some hurdles remain, but Xbox hopes to resolve them very soon.
According to The Verge, the acquisition of the publisher in A sense of duty o World of Warcraft This is subject only to final approval by the UK CMA, which has already given preliminary approval after making some changes related to cloud gaming rights, which was a major hurdle for the CMA; Microsoft offered the rights to streaming for Ubisoft+, Ubisoft’s cloud game. A service agreement was also signed with PlayStation A sense of duty on consoles for the next few years.
Consultation on the agreement ends today, and a final decision will be announced next week. No sudden changes in the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority are expected, which already referred to “the remedies that the CMA believes should remedy the problems”. The US FTC wants to keep pushing and could reverse the deal after it closes, but that would be an unprecedented legal battle.
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While Call of Duty has focused some of its testing on buying a publisher, Activision Blizzard’s list of licenses is extensive and inclusive Tony Hawk, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Warcraft in World of Warcraft, Diablo, Supervision, Guitar hero o Candy Crush Saga for mobile phones. We don’t know Microsoft’s plans for the duration of these games, but Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, revealed it by reviving some sagas such as StarCraft.
