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Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick defends Microsoft's takeover of the video game-makerBobby Kotick told a federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday that there's no incentive to deprive Microsoft gaming rivals like Sony of the ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to defend planned takeover of Activision Blizzard in courtMicrosoft, maker of the Xbox console, has hailed the deal with Activision Blizzard as a way to make popular Activision games such as Call o...
Microsoft says it could abandon Activision deal if judge delays itThe FTC is asking Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley for a preliminary injunction, which would ban Microsoft from completing the deal before the...
Microsoft-Activision: Mega deal caught in crosshairs of antitrust regulatorsThe acquisition has attracted scrutiny from several antitrust enforcers, including Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), over ...
Microsoft's EU remedies target only cloud streaming rivalsThe US software giant has been trying to allay the Commission's concerns that the deal may reduce competition for console and personal comp...
Will licence 'Call of Duty' to Sony for 10 years: Microsoft tells UKBritain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in February said the deal could weaken the rivalry between Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's Pl...
Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offerMicrosoft announced the Activision bid in January last year, its biggest ever, to take on leaders Tencent and Sony, in the booming videogam...
How Microsoft is addressing antitrust concerns over Activision dealMicrosoft announced the Activision bid in January last year, its biggest ever, to boost its firepower in the booming videogaming market and...
Explainer: How Microsoft is addressing antitrust concerns over Activision dealMicrosoft has thrown the gauntlet down over antitrust criticisms, saying on Tuesday it is ready to offer rivals licensing deals in exchange...
Microsoft inks Nvidia game deal to assuage regulators over Activision mergerBritain earlier this month said the deal could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation, result in higher prices, ...
Microsoft to defend Activision deal at EU hearing on February 21The company asked for the hearing after receiving a statement of objections from the European Commission warning about the possible anti-co...
Microsoft says it offered FTC a consent decree on 'Call of Duty' gamesMicrosoft president Brad Smith said the offer was made just before the FTC sued Microsoft last week in an attempt to block the tech giant's...
FTC likely to file lawsuit to block Microsoft bid for Activision: reportA lawsuit challenging the deal is not guaranteed, and the FTC's four commissioners have yet to vote out a complaint or meet with lawyers fo...
No Microsoft remedies in first EU antitrust review of Activision deal - sourceThe U.S. software company is betting on the acquisition to help it compete better with leaders Tencent and Sony, with the latter being a cr...
US antitrust regulators seek more data from Activision, Microsoft on planned dealIn order to woo US and other regulators, the company said in February that it had developed a new set of principles for its app store, incl...
Sony to buy 'Halo' videogame creator Bungie in $3.6 billion dealThe acquisition will allow the PlayStation console maker to reach more players with new games in a competitive space where it is toe-to-toe...
Sony slides on 'monumental challenge' from Microsoft gaming dealSony has strengthened its network of in-house games studios in recent year and delivered a string of exclusive hits including in its "Spide...