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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Microsoft's Blizzard Activision bid faces UK antitrust probe

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Microsoft’s planned buyout of video game-maker Activision Blizzard is to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog.

The software giant made a 68.7 billion dollar (£57.7 billion) offer to merge with the billion-dollar gaming giant in January, but the Competitions and Markets Authority has said it could harm competition and lead to “worse outcomes for consumers”.

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