Europe and the UK will conduct an exhaustive investigation into the purchase of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft

Last January 18 we knew as Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a purchase that would take full advantage of its successful Xbox Game Pass subscription model. With this purchase, Microsoft could have franchise privileges owned by Activision-Blizzard against the competition, Sony. Thus, according to tell us at Gamesindustry.bizthe European Union and the United Kingdom have decided to investigate this purchase in depth.

Regulatory bodies in Brussels and London will conduct a thorough investigation of Microsoft’s bid. These competent bodies will study the impact of the purchase by the computer giant in the respective countries in which they have jurisdiction. Sony is the main opponent of this purchasesince Microsoft could leave without games like Call of Duty for the Sony PlayStation video game platform.

With the announcement of this purchase, it did not take them long to announce that the competent body in the United States would carry out an investigation to see if this purchase complies with all trade and antitrust regulations. Let’s remember that NVIDIA finally canceled the purchase of ARM after so many impediments from regulatory bodies, but the director of Activision-Blizzard believes that the purchase will be completed and finalized in June 2023.

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