The Swedish state Pension Fund AP7 is unhappy with the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. He recently went to court, claiming that the companies acted illegally when concluding an agreement for $68.7 billion.

The corporation reported this in a 111-page report for the British regulator.

According to Politico sources, the agency may file an antitrust lawsuit against the deal as early as next month.

According to Dealreporter, back in April, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard submitted an application to the Chinese regulator to verify the transaction under a simplified scheme. The other day, the country’s authorities rejected this application and reported that they were ready to conduct an inspection only within the framework of the standard procedure.

Microsoft Corporation, in an interview with The New York Times, reported that it made such an offer on November 11, 2022. Sony declined to comment on it.

The regulator fears that the purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion will damage competition in the gaming market.

Funny. Microsoft itself now doesn’t really believe in the dominant role of subscriptions in the future. This conclusion can be reached based on another statement by Phil Spencer (he really said a lot yesterday).

An amazing generation of consoles. Prices for devices and services do not fall over time, but rather grow. In August, Sony announced a price tag increase for the PlayStation 5, now Microsoft does not exclude its products either.

Microsoft continues to convince both international regulators and the gaming community that the purchase of Activision Blizzard will not radically change the situation on the market. The latest statement by Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, is just about this.

This is a record earnings of the company’s gaming business during this calendar period.

The impetus for its launch was the success of Genshin Impact.

On October 20, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that now anyone can write to the agency and tell them what they think about the deal between the companies.

The corporation mentioned this in a report for the British antimonopoly regulator. The mobile store will allow Microsoft to compete with Apple and Google.

Microsoft continues to claim that Sony pays developers for refusing to release games as part of third-party subscriptions. In a report for the British antitrust regulator, the corporation told about a possible deal between Sony and Activision Blizzard.

The corporation confirmed to the media that it had decided to cut some of its employees. She did not specify how many people were out of work, but, according to Axios, there are about a thousand of them.

The corporation said that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) does not have enough grounds to launch a more detailed investigation. She believes that the regulator has not been critical enough of Sony‘s position.

Strauss Zelnick said in an interview with TheWrap that this deal will benefit both Microsoft itself and the entire gaming industry.

The corporation told about this in a report for the Brazilian antimonopoly regulator, which checked the deal with Activision Blizzard.

The EU antitrust regulator is trying to figure out how Microsoft‘s purchase of Activision Blizzard will affect the market. To do this, the authorities are also interviewing developers, publishers and distributors of games.