The FTC, one of the biggest government agencies in the United States, is suing Microsoft in an effort to block the tech giant's acquisition of Activision. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced its intent to purchase Call of Duty publisher Activision for just shy of $70 billion, making it the biggest gaming acquisition of all-time.
Although some regulators have approved the deal, the FTC has been in doubt. There were rumblings that the agency was going to make an effort to block the deal and now, it's happening.
"Microsoft has already shown that it can and will withhold content from its gaming rivals," said Holly Vedova, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition."Today we seek to stop Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio and using it to harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets."
As of right now, it remains to see what will come of this. This doesn't mean that the deal is automatically dead in the water as other companies have successfully evaded these lawsuits in the past. Prior to this lawsuit, the deal was intended to be completed by June 2023, though that seems more uncertain now.
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