October 16, 2023
The United Kingdom's decision to greenlight Microsoft's $68.7 billion deal with Activision Blizzard is reason enough to stop the Ninth Circuit from reviving a failed bid to pause the merger while it's being challenged by gamers and the Federal Trade Commission, the tech behemoth has argued.
August 17, 2023
Gamers who are hoping to convince the Ninth Circuit to press pause on Microsoft's $68.7 billion deal with Activision Blizzard while they continue to challenge it in court made a fervent final written argument for why the acquisition is "striking and dangerous."
July 26, 2023
Microsoft Corp. urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday not to revive a bid by video game players to pause its planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc., saying that recent contracts with Sony and others confirm that games will not be withheld from other platforms anytime soon.
July 17, 2023
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.
July 14, 2023
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.
July 12, 2023
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.
June 28, 2023
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.
June 21, 2023
Microsoft is asking the Ninth Circuit not to block its controversial acquisition of the video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc., saying a group of gamers has no right to such a "drastic remedy" even as federal regulators mount a challenge to the $68.7 billion merger.