Microsoft inks Nvidia game deal to assuage regulators over Activision merger

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Microsoft Corp has struck a 10-year deal to bring Activision games to Nvidia Corp's gaming platform, if the Xbox maker is allowed to complete its much-contested $69 billion acquisition of Activision.

the deal. The UK competition watchdog has said Microsoft may have to divest "Call of Duty."

Nvidia said in a press statement that it has struck a 10- year deal with Microsoft to immediately start work on integrating Xbox games into its GeForce Now streaming games service, which has 25 million users in more than 100 countries.will consider doing the same type of deal with Nvidia. Sony has led opposition to the Microsoft-Activision deal, saying last year it was "bad for competition, bad for the gaming industry and bad for gamers themselves."Google had expressed concerns to the FTC about the deal, according to media reports.

Microsoft has pledged to keep "Call of Duty" on Sony's PlayStation. The popularity of the first-person shooter franchise is undimmed nearly two decades after launch, with the latest installment achieving $1 billion sales in its first 10 days in October. The U.S. tech giant has said the deal is about more than "Call of Duty.

 

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