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Microsoft says UK’s Activision veto based on faulty assessment of cloud gaming, proposed remedies (update*)

By Andrew Boyce ( May 26, 2023, 16:46 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft argues that UK competition regulators that blocked its takeover of Activision Blizzard erred in how they assessed its position in cloud gaming and failed to properly consider agreements it signed with rivals to license them Activision games. Today the Competition Appeal Tribunal published Microsoft’s grounds for appealing the CMA’s decision to veto the takeover over alleged harms to the cloud gaming market, and it said it had scheduled a pre-trial hearing for May 30.Microsoft argues that UK competition regulators that blocked its takeover of Activision Blizzard erred in how they assessed its position in cloud gaming and failed to properly consider agreements it signed with rivals to license Activision games....

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