EU Weighs Microsoft’s Bid to Win UK Nod for Activision Deal (3)

Sept. 12, 2023, 4:17 PM UTC

European Union deal watchdogs are seeking feedback on Microsoft Corp.’s fresh attempts to secure UK regulatory approval for its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.

The European Commission, which already approved the deal in May, has circulated a series of questions to gaming firms to examine whether Microsoft’s new proposal to Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority would be pro-competitive, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The proposed UK remedy is intended to win over the CMA, which is re-thinking its own veto of the transaction, and would give Ubisoft Entertainment ...



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