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Microsoft’s official purchase of the video game publisher Activision has raised more questions about how crypto and the metaverse will influence both companies’ products and operations.

After two years co-piloting the biggest acquisition in video game history past an onslaught of challenges, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer now moves on to his next quest: making Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard worth the hassle

A lot was said about the metaverse when the Microsoft deal to acquire Activision Blizzard was announced in January 2022. The attention mainly was on business communications, rather than gaming. If public statements and leaked documents are any guide, the Activision deal could promise more for the future of crypto than the metaverse.

Ubisoft has unveiled key details regarding the streaming of Activision Blizzard video games after Microsoft acquisition. In a recent blog post, Chris Early, Ubisoft's Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, provided further details on the company's strategies. The French gaming publisher will have the ability to license the streaming rights to various cloud gaming platforms. It is worth noting that the blog does not explicitly state whether Microsoft can acquire a license for Xbox Cloud Streaming. Early explained that the agreement encompasses all of Activision Blizzard's existing games, as well as all games to be released in the next 15 years. Ubisoft's initial plan is to stream these games via Ubisoft+. In due course, these games are expected to become available on services such as Amazon Luna, where Ubisoft maintains a presence. Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including «Call of Duty» to better compete with industry leader Sony. Originally unveiled in January 2022, the biggest deal in the gaming industry cleared its final big hurdle — an approval from Britain — earlier in the day after Microsoft agreed to sell streaming rights for Activision's games to allay competition concerns. The completion is a major win for the U.S. tech firm in its push to attract more people to its Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service. Microsoft's gaming revenue trails that of Sony, whose PlayStation consoles outsell the Xbox.

By Paul Sandle, Yadarisa Shabong and Aditya Soni

Microsoft has completed its acquisition of video game-maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) completed a transaction with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in accordance with the deal announced on January 18, 2022.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures were mixed heading into the final trading day of the week, with investors preparing for the release of quarterly results from large Wall Street banks and parsing through recent inflation data. Elevated interest rates are expected to factor heavily into returns from lenders JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) on Friday, as a fresh corporate earnings season gets underway. Elsewhere, the U.K.'s competition regulator approves Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) restructured acquisition of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), clearing the way for the closure of the largest deal in the history of the gaming industry.

Microsoft closed its $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including "Call of Duty" to better compete with industry leader Sony. Britain finally cleared Microsoft's acquisition of Activision earlier in the day after it forced the Xbox owner to sell the steaming rights to address its competition concerns.

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(Reuters) -Microsoft is aiming to close its $69 billion deal for «Call of Duty» publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) on Oct. 13 if it gets approval from Britain's antitrust regulator, the Verge reported on Friday, citing a source.

Microsoft is aiming to close its $69 billion deal for "Call of Duty" publisher Activision Blizzard on Oct. 13 if it gets approval from Britain's antitrust regulator, the Verge reported on Friday, citing a source. The Xbox maker had in July extended the cutoff date for the deal to Oct. 18 to get more time to secure approval from the UK.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is aiming to finalize its acquisition of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) on October 13, pending approval from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), according to the report in the Verge.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set a date on Wednesday for its internal judge to hear its arguments on why Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) should not be allowed to buy games maker Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI).

Microsoft's attempt to buy video game firm Activision Blizzard, the maker of «Call of Duty», paving the way for the US tech titan to close one of the biggest technology acquisitions ever. Microsoft launched its blockbuster $69-billion takeover in January last year, an acquisition that would make it the world's third-largest gaming company by revenue, but it faced stiff scrutiny from US regulators and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval

Microsoft came one step closer Friday to completing its $69 billion purchase of the video game-maker Activision Blizzard, in a deal that has become an example of how a company can successfully ride out stricter regulatory scrutiny of the power of tech giants. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority, the last remaining agency that must sign off before Microsoft can complete the acquisition, said the companies took action that «substantially addresses» remaining antitrust concerns. The regulator initially tried to block the deal, saying it would undercut competition, but reversed course after Microsoft agreed not to purchase a part of Activision's business associated with so-called cloud gaming, a small but promising new area for the industry.

Investing.com — The Bank of Japan maintained its extremely accommodative monetary policy stance, hitting the yen, while U.S. stocks are set for hefty weekly drops in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tilt. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) could soon receive U.K. approval for its Activision purchase, while an expansion of the UAW draws nearer.

-Britain's antitrust regulator on Friday said Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s restructured acquisition of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) «opens the door» to the deal being cleared.

If Microsoft Corp completes its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the coming months, the $69 billion deal will go down as one of the biggest comeback stories in the history of mergers. By this past April, the gaming industry’s biggest acquisition ever appeared doomed. US regulators had filed a challenge to the takeover and their counterparts in the UK had blocked it outright.