In the lawsuit against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $ 69 billion, the court ruled in favor of the American company Microsoft. Border.
As a result of the trial, the court refused the FTC to temporarily ban the agreement between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. According to the court’s decision, the trade commission failed to provide sufficient evidence that the deal would harm competition in the video game market.
Microsoft is accused, among other things, of trying to discourage the release of games in Sony’s popular Call of Duty shooter series on PlayStation, with which Microsoft competes in the market after acquiring Activision Blizzard.
Company representatives, including head of the gaming division Phil Spencer, at the sworn hearing surethose who do not intend to take such a step.
Now it’s up to Microsoft to convince the UK antitrust regulator to approve the deal. At the end of April, the British antitrust regulator vetoed for the biggest deal in the gaming industry.
European Union confirmed the purchasebut with two conditions: Microsoft must allow all consumers in the EU to play Activision Blizzard games on any platform and must license Activision Blizzard game services to European companies.
It was previously revealed that Call of Duty developers appeared. may be denied access to the new Sony console.