Report claims Microsoft won't have to sell Call of Duty to acquire Activision
A new report says the EU will give the greꦦen light to the de♒al

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft💫 might not have to relinquish control of Call of Duty after all, if a new report turns out to ♔be true.
On March 2, a report claimed the European Union will soon give Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition its seal of approval, according to three anonymous sources. This would potentially help the acquisition clear one of its biggest antitrust challenges, if genuiꦯne.
It also means that Microsoft might not have to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sell off Call of Duty and give up control of the franchise to win 💙approval for the ac♚quisition. The idea was first floated by the UK government last month, along with another proposal that Microsoft sell off the Activision part of Activision Blizzard for the deal to go ahead.
Obviously, this would be a major concession from M♍icrosoft to win the deal. If the EU does give the deal the green light to go ahead, it could well mean that the UK governmen🐼t backs off from this proposal and goes along with the EU ruling.
In fact, the three anonymous sources cited in Reuters' report claim the EU won't ask Microsoft🦂 to sell off Call of Duty, or Activision, as part of the deal going ahead. The Reuters report also notes that the EU will hand out its final verdict on the proposed acquisition by April 25.
Microsoft has only pledged to put Call of Duty on more platforms if the Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead. The company signed a deal with Nintendo to put Call of Duty on Nintendo console🐭s for the next decaꦫde, should the deal be approved, and also committed to a decade of parity for Call of Duty across Play♓Station and Xbox platfor✃ms.
Considering Microsoft recently said it doesn't see a viable path to sel🌱l Call of ওDuty to someone else, this report is nothing but good n🐓ews for the🌼 company.
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Microsoft even proposed a decade-long agreement to put Call of Duty on the Steam storefront, but Valve head Gabe Newell said no thank you.
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