An Activision Blizzard executive has stated the company "won't hesitate to fight to defend" 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft's planned acquisition,💞 following a report of a forth🌜coming FTC lawsuit.
Earlier this week on November 23, a report claimed knowledge of the Fed♓eral Trade Commission's plans, stating that the agency would likely file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now♚ though, Activision Blizzard executive vice president of corporate affairs, Lulu Cheng Meservey, has commented on the report on Twitter.
In the two tweets below, Meservey says it's "absurd" to suggests Microsoft💧's planned acquisition could have an anticompetitive effect. The Activision Blizzard executive then goes on to say the company "won't hesitate to fight to defend the transaction if that's needed.
We're committed to continuing to work cooperatively with regu𝕴lators ar𒉰ound the globe to allow the transaction to proceed, but won't hesitate to fight to defend the transaction if that's needed.
As the report yesterday noted though, the antitrust lawsuit from the FTC is far from guaranteed. The FTC's four chief commissioners have yet to meet to decide on the lawsuit, and the nature of the planned lawsuit seems to instead s𝔉tem from FTC workers being doubtful of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard's arguments in favor of the acquisition.
Earlier this week, a UK government agency published comments from Sony arguing against the planned acquisition. Sony allegedly stated that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Battlefield has failed t💝o rival Call of Duty, arguing that the sales disparity between the two prevents a proper rivalry. Microsoft did offer Sony a 10-year agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStati𓃲on coꩵnsoles, but the latter apparently wasn🐼't a fan of the propo💝sed deal.
In mid-2022, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsof🐷t's CEO brushed off monopoly 🍌concerns over the planned acquisition, voicing similar comments to Activision Blizzard🌊's Meservey.
Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the indust🅘ry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.
