The Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to stop the proposed acquisition because, it argues, it would give Microsoft, maker of the X...

Arguing for the government on Tuesday in its legal fight against Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy game maker Activision Blizzard, Harvar...

Microsoft has pressed for a decision sooner rather than later, noting that the purchase agreement has a termination date of July 18, althou...

The acquisition has attracted scrutiny from several antitrust enforcers, including Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), over ...

The European Commission's imminent clearance comes nearly three weeks after the UK competition authority blocked the deal, the biggest-ever...

The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by Sony's PlaySt...

The FTC official, speaking on Thursday, was responding to comments made by the game-maker's CEO, Bobby Kotick, who told CNBC he believed th...

The US software giant has been trying to allay the Commission's concerns that the deal may reduce competition for console and personal comp...

Last month, Microsoft Corp struck a 10-year deal to bring Activision games to Nvidia Corp's gaming platform, if the Xbox maker is allowed t...

Britain earlier this month said the deal could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation, result in higher prices, ...

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft's position in th...

ACTIVISION-M-A-MICROSOFT-Microsoft tells judges its $69 billion Activision deal would benefit gamers

The FTC on Thursday sued to block Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision, the biggest consumer tech deal in...

In the biggest gaming industry deal in history, Microsoft said it was buying Activision Blizzard in January.

The Justice Department is investigating whether any of the options trades violated insider-trading laws, the report said, adding that the S...

Activision shareholders only narrowly approved Kotick's $155 million pay package last year, after investors criticized the company for awar...

The stocks of Electronic Arts, Roblox, Ubisoft Entertainment and CD Projekt surged—some of them are being talked-up as potential acquisitio...