
What you need to know
- Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard King has been slowed to a crawl due to regulatory oversight from the FTC and UK's CMA.
- In opening statements, the FTC has made the argument that cloud streaming and multi-game subscription services can be combined into one market.
- Concerns over cloud streaming were reportedly what led to the CMA in the UK to reject the merger.
- Executives from NVIDIA are expected to testify about cloud gaming.