# Microsoft’s Activision buy may see more metaverse in the office and crypto in gaming

# Microsoft’s Activision buy may see more metaverse in the office and crypto in gaming

More signs say the acquisition will boost metaverse applications in business than in gaming as CEO Nadella talks about productivity and metaverse enthusiast Kotick leaves Activision. A lot was said about the metaverse when the Microsoft deal to acquire Activision Blizzard was announced in January 2022. The attention mainly was on business communications, rather than…

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      United Kingdom regulator clears Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard

# United Kingdom regulator clears Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard

United Kingdom antitrust regulator Competition and Markets Authority has approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard after previously blocking the deal in April. In its original investigation, Competition and Markets Authority found Microsoft already held a strong position in relation to cloud gaming and blocked the deal. By selling Activision Blizzard’s cloud streaming rights to…

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#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete B Activision Blizzard Deal

#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete $69B Activision Blizzard Deal

Microsoft‘s planned, but protracted $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard can be completed after the U.K. competition regulator finally approved the deal on Friday. The software giant made the bid for the video game developer behind Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Overwatch in January 2022, but the U.K.’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the…

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#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

The top executives at tech companies, including the world’s richest man Elon Musk, are among the confirmed guests at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) first scheduled “Insight Forum” about artificial intelligence (AI), the senator’s office said Monday.  The AI Insight Forum, scheduled for Sept. 13, will also include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO…

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#Microsoft Officially Buys Activision Marking It As The Biggest Gaming Deal Of Its Kind! » OmniGeekEmpire

#Microsoft Officially Buys Activision Marking It As The Biggest Gaming Deal Of Its Kind! » OmniGeekEmpire

Well, it’s official! Microsoft wins the case against FTC to buy Activision Blizzard, meaning it’s another studio under Microsoft’s wing. Many Xbox fans are happy, while some are concerned about the prospect of Blizzard’s games. Microsoft’s merger with Activision would be the biggest deal of its kind in gaming industry history. Shares in Activision have…

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