Microsoft wins legal challenge to acquire Activision-Blizzard, despite FTC's objections. Xbox exclusivity for franchises like Call of Duty unlikely due to multi-platform strategy. Future game ...

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost its appeal of a ruling in its case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In 2023, the FTC requested a preliminary ...

The FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge's decision declining to block the Microsoft-Activision deal, which closed in 2023.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission to Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard.

When Microsoft announced its plan to buy Activision Blizzard in January 2022, the smaller company had been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft's purchase of "Call of Duty" video game maker Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard cleared its final U.S. regulatory hurdle as the FTC dropped its challenge, capping a nearly two-year legal battle.

Although Microsoft's blockbuster deal to buy Activision Blizzard was approved in October 2023, the United States government's Federal Trade Commission appealed the decision. Now, a US appeals ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion Wednesday affirming a denial of a preliminary injunction the FTC had sought for Microsoft's now-completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The FTC has dropped its case against Microsoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal. It brings an end to nearly two years of legal action in the case.

FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal that already happened The deal went through in 2023 after a court denied the FTC’s request for an injunction.