EU antitrust regulators seeking views on Microsoft's remedies to UK watchdog

Activision Blizzard

12/09/2023 12:07

BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators
are asking Microsoft's  MSFT.O  rivals and customers whether
they are affected by the U.S. tech giant's remedies to try to
secure the UK competition agency's approval for its $69 billion
buy of Activision Blizzard  ATVI.O , sources said.
    Microsoft last month offered to sell its cloud streaming
rights to Ubisoft Entertainment  UBIP.PA  after the Competition
and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the biggest gaming deal in
history.
    The European Commission had cleared the deal in May after
Microsoft agreed to license popular Activision games such as
"Call of Duty" to rival game streaming platforms. The EU offer
did not include the Ubisoft deal.

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