The Activision Blizzard boss has hit out at the British government’s competition regulator, accusing officials who blocked his company’s $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft of misunderstanding the gaming industry.
On Wednesday, the U.K. government’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it had blocked Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion takeover of Activision, citing concerns that the deal would “alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market” and stifle innovation and choice for consumers.
