{"id":594161,"date":"2023-10-13T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T07:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/united-kingdom-regulator-clears-microsofts-proposed-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T07:09:52","slug":"united-kingdom-regulator-clears-microsofts-proposed-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/united-kingdom-regulator-clears-microsofts-proposed-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"#\r\n United Kingdom regulator clears Microsoft\u2019s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"
United Kingdom antitrust regulator Competition and Markets Authority has approved<\/a> Microsoft\u2019s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard after previously blocking the deal in April. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft, the distribution of \u201cimportant, popular content\u201d such as Call of Duty<\/em> and Overwatch<\/em> will not be under Microsoft\u2019s control when it comes to cloud gaming.<\/p>\n

Here is the regular\u2019s full explanation of its decision to clear the deal:<\/p>\n

In August this year Microsoft made a concession that would see Ubisoft, instead of Microsoft, buy Activision\u2019s cloud gaming rights. This new deal will put the cloud streaming rights (outside the European Economic Area) for all of Activision\u2019s PC and console content produced over the next 15 years in the hands of a strong and independent competitor with ambitious plans to offer new ways of accessing that content.<\/p>\n

As a result of this concession, the Competition and Markets Authority agreed to look afresh at the deal and launched a new investigation in August. That investigation has completed today with the Competition and Markets Authority clearing this narrower transaction.<\/p>\n

The new deal will stop Microsoft from locking up competition in cloud gaming as this market takes off, preserving competitive prices and services for United Kingdom cloud gaming customers. It will allow Ubisoft to offer Activision\u2019s content under any business model, including through multigame<\/a> subscript<\/a>ion services. It will also help to ensure that cloud gaming providers will be able to use non-Windows operating systems for Activision content, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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With Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s approval, Microsoft now has all regulatory approvals necessary to officially complete the acquisition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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United Kingdom antitrust regulator Competition and Markets Authority has approved Microsoft\u2019s 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\u2019s cloud streaming rights to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Microsoft-ActiBlizz-CMA_10-13-23.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[73648,86450,70286],"class_list":["post-594161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-activision","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}