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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal: UK CMA publishes ‘issues statement’ for in-depth review

( October 14, 2022, 13:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: UK competition enforcers investigating Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard have published the “issues statement” on their review. The Competition and Markets Authority referred the deal for an in-depth review last month, over concerns that it would allow Microsoft to degrade rivals’ access to Activision’s videogame content, and exploit its “broader ecosystem” to harm competition for cloud gaming services. The issues statement summarizes those findings and sets out the focus of the in-depth review.The issues statement is attached....

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