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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to consider the U.S. tech giant's “detailed and complex submission" pleading its case.

The Competition and Markets Authority had rejected the deal — the biggest in tech history — over fears it would stifle competition for popular game titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.

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