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  1. April 08, 2024

    Gamers Can't Block Microsoft From 'Dismantling' Activison

    A California federal judge on Monday refused to block Microsoft from further integrating Activision Blizzard into its business after it acquired the gaming titan last year, saying the gamers who are still challenging the union between the companies have a similar motion pending before the Ninth Circuit.

  2. March 14, 2024

    Gamers Seek To Block Microsoft From 'Dismantling' Activision

    Gamers who are still challenging Microsoft's now-completed union with gaming titan Activision Blizzard say a California federal court must hand down an order stopping further integration of the two businesses after Microsoft laid off 1,900 people from the gaming company.

  3. January 09, 2024

    Gamers Can Depose Microsoft CEO For Activision Challenge

    A California federal court granted a request from gamers asking to depose Microsoft's CEO about the company's $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard and also vacated a trial scheduled for the merger challenge, citing pending appeals from gamers and federal enforcers.

  4. October 19, 2023

    FTC, Gamers Continue Challenges To $69B Microsoft Deal

    Despite Microsoft's Oct. 13 revelation that it had closed its $69 billion deal to buy Activision on the approval of U.K. regulators, the Federal Trade Commission and a group of private gamers continued their respective pushes to kill the deal on Thursday. 

  5. July 17, 2023

    Microsoft, Sony Cut Call Of Duty Deal After FTC Court Loss

    Microsoft's Xbox chief announced Sunday that the company has reached a deal with rival Sony to keep Activision Blizzard's hit Call of Duty first-person shooter game on Sony's PlayStation following Microsoft's expected $68.7 billion acquisition of the game maker and the Federal Trade Commission's recent trial court loss challenging the tie-up.

  6. July 14, 2023

    9th Circ. Won't Pause Microsoft-Activision Merger

    A Ninth Circuit panel summarily refused late Friday to temporarily block Microsoft's planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, rejecting a last-minute request from the Federal Trade Commission hours before a deadline after which the deal can theoretically close.

  7. July 12, 2023

    Gamers Press Bid To Pause Activision Deal After FTC Loss

    Hours after a California federal judge rejected the Federal Trade Commission's bid to pause Microsoft's $68.7 billion merger with Activision Blizzard Inc., gamers with a private merger challenge pressed the Ninth Circuit for a decision on their bid for an injunction.

  8. June 28, 2023

    Gamers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Bid To Pause Activision Deal

    Gamers challenging Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard have asked the Ninth Circuit for another chance to pause the deal, even as a lower court trimmed their claims and as hearings continue in California federal court for the government's separate challenge to the merger.

  9. June 13, 2023

    FTC Wins Pause Of Microsoft's Activision Acquisition

    A California federal judge late Tuesday pumped the brakes on Microsoft's planned purchase of Activision Blizzard, preventing the deal from closing while the court decides whether to grant the Federal Trade Commission's request to pause the merger for an in-house challenge.

  10. June 05, 2023

    Gamers Appeal Lost Bid To Pause Microsoft-Activision Deal

    Gamers opposed to Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. continue to press for a preliminary injunction, filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit seeking to pause the merger after their request was denied by a federal judge.

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