Microsoft is now one step closer to acquiring Activision Blizzard. Microsoft has finally got the CMA's approval. The tech giant has recently acquired a "provisional aprroval" from the UK's competition regulator, the Competition Markets Authority (CMA), placing Microsoft one step closer to acquiring Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft wants the CMA's approval before it closes its acquisition of Activision. Microsoft may have won, but it must wait a bit more to celebrate it.
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The FTC expressed its disappointment in the judge's decision. The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal has been the most anticipated and arguably the biggest acquisition in the tech world, so much so that the FTC proposed to block it due to its potential effects on the console gaming market.