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  1. May 23, 2025

    FTC Finally Drops Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission has dropped its in-house case seeking to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard, after its Ninth Circuit loss earlier this month, ending a lingering challenge to a deal that closed in late 2023.

  2. May 07, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms FTC Loss In Microsoft-Activision Case

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's ruling in a Federal Trade Commission case that refused to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard Inc.

  3. July 23, 2024

    Microsoft Calls FTC Price Hike Claims 'Misleading' At 9th Circ

    Microsoft pushed back against the Federal Trade Commission's contention that an increase in the company's gaming subscription pricing is evidence of the anticompetitive effects of the software giant's $68.7 billion acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard Inc., calling the commission out for trying to "reinvent" its case against the merger on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

  4. July 19, 2024

    FTC Says Microsoft Price Hike Shows Activision Deal Harm

    The Federal Trade Commission told the Ninth Circuit that Microsoft's recently announced Game Pass price increase is an example of the harm caused by the company's $68.7 billion acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard Inc.

  5. June 18, 2024

    Microsoft Says Starbucks Ruling Hurts FTC's Activision Case

    Microsoft told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling requiring labor regulators to meet a four-factor test in order to win a preliminary injunction undercuts the Federal Trade Commission's bid to halt the company's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc.

  6. February 08, 2024

    Microsoft Calls FTC Activision Layoff Worries 'Misleading'

    Microsoft on Thursday criticized the Federal Trade Commission's "incomplete and misleading" assertion that the company's plan to lay off 1,900 video game workers undercuts its claim that Activision Blizzard Inc. would be maintained as an independent business while the commission challenges the gaming company's $68.7 billion acquisition.

  7. February 07, 2024

    FTC Says Layoff Shows Microsoft Will Control Activision

    The Federal Trade Commission, which is appealing a district court's refusal to block the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a plan to lay off 1,900 video game workers undercuts assertions of an independent post-deal Activision.

  8. January 18, 2024

    Microsoft Asks To Depose Sony, Ubisoft In FTC Challenge

    Microsoft is asking a Federal Trade Commission administrative judge for authority to join in on the FTC's upcoming deposition of executives from Sony and Ubisoft, saying its inclusion in the proceedings would help it defend its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

  9. January 10, 2024

    Microsoft Denied FTC Help Getting Activision Docs From Sony

    The Federal Trade Commission's in-house judge won't let Microsoft seek agency assistance demanding additional documents from Sony as the Xbox maker continues to defend its $68.7 billion purchase of Activision from an ongoing FTC challenge.

  10. January 08, 2024

    Microsoft Must Tell FTC About Alternate Ubisoft Deals

    Microsoft must give Federal Trade Commission attorneys discovery into any potential alternative cloud streaming rights arrangements it mulled with Ubisoft or any other video game companies to appease competition concerns over its newfound control over Activision's massive gaming portfolio, under an FTC in-house judge's ruling.

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