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  • EU Regulator Following Remedies by Microsoft Extends Deadline to Rule on Activision Deal

    8 days ago - By VG Chartz

    The European Union regulator, the European Commission, in a new filing announced it has extended its deadline to make its final decision on Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition.
    The deadline has been moved from April 25 to May 22 after Microsoft has submitted its remedies in order to try to get the deal approved.
    The filing didn't reveal what remedies Microsoft had offered the European Commission, however, Microsoft has recently announced it has signed multiple 10-year deals to bring Xbox games on PC to three cloud streaming services - Nvidia's GeForce Now , Boosteroid , and Ubitus...
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  • EU Delays Microsoft Activision Deal Decision

    EU Delays Microsoft Activision Deal Decision

    8 days ago - By PlayStation LifeStyle

    The European Commission has delayed its Microsoft Activision deal decision as the Xbox maker offered the regulator remedies in a bid to gain its approval. This development follows reports that EC would likely approve the deal without asking for significant remedies like its U.K. counterpart, Competition and Markets Authority .
    EC will now make Microsoft Activision deal decision by end of May
    As reported by Reuters and Bloomberg Law, Microsoft submitted a remedies package to EC yesterday, March 16th. What commitments the company is legally prepared to make have not been made public, but the...
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