Microsoft has challenged and appealed the UK CMA’s decision to block the $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard.
report from bloomberg Microsoft confirmed through a company spokesperson that it had officially filed. Wednesday’s response was about an appeal deadline set last month following the CMA’s decision to block the deal. Concerns about cloud gaming.
In April, both Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick criticized regulators’ understanding of the market and said they would challenge the decision. promised. Mr Smith said the CMA’s decision “hampers innovation and investment in the UK”, but Mr Kotick wrote that it was “far from final”.
