EU approves Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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The EU Commission has approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

says Microsoft's"commitments fully address the competition concerns identified by the Commission and represent a significant improvement for cloud gaming as compared to the current situation".

It was much more concerned about the potential harm in cloud gaming, and says that to address its concerns Microsoft offered the following commitments, all with a 10-year duration: The EU reckons these licenses, which give EU players the right to stream Activision Blizzard games they own on any cloud service of their choice on any device using any operating system,"fully address" the concerns, and"represent a significant improvement for cloud game streaming compared to the current situation".

 

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