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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm UK gamers, says watchdog

Gamers
April 19, 2023
[caption id="attachment_73892" align="alignnone" width="701"] Gamers[/caption] The UK's competition watchdog has concluded that Microsoft's $68.7 billion (£59.6 billion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the video game publisher behind successes such as Call of Duty, will result in higher pricing and less competition for UK players. The Competition and Markets Authority, also known...