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Simon Hunt

Blow for Microsoft as UK competition watchdog delays merger with Call of Duty maker Activision

Call of Duty video game

(Picture: Activision Blizzard)

Microsoft’s hopes to acquire Call of Duty maker Activision suffered another blow today after the UK competition watchdog said it would be delaying its decision on whether to approve the deal by almost two months.

The Competition and Markets Authority said the deadline for the outcome of its inquiry into the deal would be pushed back by eight weeks from the beginning of March to the end of April.

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