PlayStation may stop working closely with Activision Blizzard. In testimony to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the head of Sony‘s gaming division said that it would not transfer PS6 data to the company in case of successful completion of the deal with Microsoft.

American gamers who are suing Microsoft over a deal with Activision Blizzard have found “indisputable proof” of Microsoft’s plans to oust the PlayStation from the market. They believe that this is why the corporation buys Activision Blizzard.

The antimonopoly regulator of New Zealand has moved up the date by which it should render a verdict on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. He decided to check again whether the purchase would damage competition in the country’s cloud gaming market.

A court in the United States imposed a temporary ban on the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. This was requested by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed to a California court with a request to temporarily ban Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. The agency wants the court to prevent the corporation from closing the deal until the proceedings on it take place in the United States.

Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle a lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lawsuit concerned the violation of the privacy of children in the Xbox ecosystem.

The Competition Court of Appeal in the UK has set preliminary deadlines for hearing Microsoft‘s appeal about the blocked deal with Activision Blizzard. It will take place on July 24 and will last 10 working days.

The antimonopoly regulator of South Korea has published its decision on the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. He authorized the transaction.

Microsoft has appealed to the Competition Court of Appeal in the UK. She asked to reconsider the decision of the antimonopoly regulator, which at the end of April blocked the purchase of Activision Blizzard.

The European Commission has allowed Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $ 68.7 billion. This is the first major regulator to approve the deal.

The British regulator has imposed another ban on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Now companies cannot invest in each other without obtaining the written consent of the department.

Microsoft has announced an open testing of the Bing search engine chatbot. Now everyone can try the tool without having to sign up for a waiting list — just log in with a Microsoft account.

The report of the British regulator found data on the situation in the cloud gaming market in 2021. According to them, that year Microsoft earned less than $50 million on its xCloud service, which is no more than 10% of the revenue of the entire market.

The vampire shooter Redfall left players disappointed and became the lowest-rated Arkane Studios project on Metacritic. According to rumors, Microsoft also did not expect much from the game and wanted to finish development as soon as possible.

The 415-page report of the British regulator on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard continues to find new details. Now it has noticed that the regulator intends to block the takeover immediately for a decade.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has published its decision on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. He concluded that the purchase would not reduce competition in the country’s gaming market.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could convince the British regulator to block the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. This was stated in an interview with CNBC by the head of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick.

On April 26, the British regulator imposed a ban on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Microsoft President Brad Smith said on the BBC that he was disappointed with this decision and believes that it will have a bad impact on the UK itself.

Microsoft Corporation tried to acquire a publisher engaged in mobile games. Mention of this is in the report of the British regulator, which is dedicated to the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.