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Microsoft purchase of Activision-Blizzard imperiled by UK antitrust agency

By Christopher Hutton
Published February 8, 2023 4:27pm ET
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Microsoft purchase of Activision-Blizzard imperiled by UK antitrust agency
FILE - This June 13, 2013 file photo shows the Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. | (Jae C. Hong/AP)


A market regulator in the United Kingdom has concluded that Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of the video game developer behind Call of Duty would be bad for the U.K. marketplace, a step that could force Microsoft to break up the developer.

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