As you know, last month, surprisingly, Microsoft announced that it would buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. As this purchase was such a large purchase, a review was normally expected. The news of the investigation came in the past few hours.
Microsoft – Review of Activision Blizzard Acquisition
According to the information reported by Bloomberg in the past hours, this agreement will be examined by the Federal Trade Commission. According to initial reports, the Federal Trade Commission will examine how Microsoft can harm other companies if this acquisition restricts the access of major games on other platforms.
As you know, the games owned by Activision Blizzard are among the most popular games in the world and have a high number of players. Microsoft wants to finish this acquisition by June 2023, but it doesn’t look like it will be easy. According to Bloomberg, Lina Khan, the new head of the Federal Trade Commission, promised to approach big purchases and deals like this more aggressively.
As you may recall, in the past period, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to prevent NVIDIA’s $40 billion ARM purchase. In fact, the latest rumors are that Nvidia will withdraw from the deal.
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