The Latest Breaking News from Activision Blizzard

A lot of Activision franchises could be going Xbox exclusive

In advance of Microsoft's likely acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the software giant has agreed with Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.

The Federal Trade Commission’s request to pause the deal was rejected, clearing the few remaining hurdles for it to go through

A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard

The FTC has lost an appeal to reverse a decision by Judge Corley to deny a preliminary injunction blocking the Microsoft-ABK merger.

The same figure was also estimated for Indiana Jones

Microsoft’s proposed US$68 billion (£52 billion) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard should be allowed to go ahead, according to a US federal judge. After five days of gruelling testimony, Judge Jacqueline Corley ruled the merger is unlikely to result in a substantial lessening of competition across the markets…

British antitrust regulators have extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft’s $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard

The FTC’s antagonism of Big Tech sets companies up for “painfully long processes” for dealmaking, says Battery Ventures’s Chelsea Stoner.