Microsoft Concedes Activision Cloud Streaming Rights to Ubisoft

Microsoft Corp. said it will give Ubisoft Entertainment SA the cloud streaming rights for all of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s console games released in the next 15 years in order to placate regulators reviewing its $69 billion deal for the Call of Duty maker.

Under the arrangement, French gamemaker Ubisoft will get exclusive worldwide rights to stream Activision titles and non-exclusive streaming rights in the European Economic Area, after Microsoft’s deal for Activision is completed, the Redmond, Washington-based company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Separately, the UK’s antitrust watchdog said it opened a fresh probe into the Microsoft-Activision transaction ...