It was reported last week Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are considering giving up some control over cloud-gaming in the UK to appease the CMA. The deal was blocked in April, however, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK and Microsoft are working out a new deal. The last hurdle for Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is in the UK. With the FTC suspending its attempt to block the deal it has essentially been approved in the US. The acquisition has been approved in Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, China, the European Union, Ukraine, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.

The district court had a full opportunity to consider the FTC’s claims and found that the Commission was unlikely to succeed on the merits of those claims for multiple, independently sufficient reasons.' Microsoft and Activision in a motion posted on the FTC website stated, 'Withdrawal from adjudication is not only mandatory but is in the public interest. The second was to get a preliminary injunction from the courts, however, they lost said case even after an appeal. The first was a lawsuit filed in December that was set to go before its own in-house judge on August 2. The FTC in the US had tried two separate approaches in attempting to block this deal. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has suspended its case with an in-house judge in an attempt to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition. By William D'Angelo, posted on 20 July 2023 / 3,223 Views

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