People keep thinking this is bad for Activision. Activision wants this. That should tell you all you need to know.

Bobby Kotick might quit after the buyout because he’s a power-hungry wannabe-murderer, but there’s zero chance he doesn’t get hundreds of millions in payout no matter what happens. He’s happy about the buyout.

This isn’t going to affect much of how Activision develops games, except 0 of them will be on Sony hardware going forward, unless they actually honor that deal for Call of Duty, but that’s it. All this does is ensure consumers have less choice.

Anyone have a map of who remains after the mega mergers of the last 15y? At this point I’m just waiting for our EA/Bioware/Activision/Blizzard/Microsoft/Tencent future.

Fuck Activision

Isn’t $69B also the amount the IRS just said Microsoft owes them? 🤔

There is only pointless hope that Microsoft will make Activision Blizzard great again cause their gaming track is just a total joke so far. And AB, as a gaming company, are totally fcked. Every game they did in the last 5 years is a middle finger to their fans and thumbs up to their share holders. There is no way AB gets a single dime of my money…

Will Microsoft also bend the knee to China for gaming $$$? We’ll soon find out.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in a move that paves the way for both companies to complete the transaction.

However, last month the watchdog said a revised deal that included selling cloud gaming rights outside Europe to Activision Blizzard’s French rival Ubisoft had addressed its concerns, indicating the tie-up would be approved.

In a statement on Friday Sarah Cardell, the CMA’s chief executive, said: “With the sale of Activision’s cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft, we’ve made sure Microsoft can’t have a stranglehold over this important and rapidly developing market.

As cloud gaming grows, this intervention will ensure people get more competitive prices, better services and more choice.”

The UK regulator had appeared increasingly isolated in its position blocking the takeover after its EU counterparts passed the deal – after Microsoft offered alternative concessions on cloud gaming rights – and the US competition regulator failed to secure a court injunction to stop it.

The Federal Trade Commission is maintaining its opposition to the deal but it cannot prevent Microsoft and Activision from completing it.

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What did the anti-monopoly office (whatever they are called) smoke to greenlight this?

If they bring back Heroes of the Storm I will dick ride Microsoft for the rest of my life

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Nice.