Microsoft and Activision Blizzard continue to send subpoenas to competitors as part of a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This time they subpoenaed Nintendo and Google.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a preliminary decision on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. The regulator said that in its current form, the deal would harm competition in the gaming market.

Banning the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could hurt the ambitions of the UK authorities, Bobby Kotick believes. In an interview with CNBC, the head of Activision Blizzard said that if the deal does not take place, the country will lose the opportunity to become a European Silicon Valley.

The other day, sources of The New York Times reported that the British regulator may oppose the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard — Microsoft itself allegedly expects this. However, the corporation later denied the rumors.

The New York Times newspaper, citing four people, reports that Microsoft is preparing for a confrontation with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The corporation believes that the regulator may try to block the purchase of Activision Blizzard.

The Chinese antimonopoly regulator asked the opinion of local developers about the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Corporation. He did not publicly publish the answers, but, according to media reports, the companies interviewed did not object to the deal.

NVIDIA may become one of the witnesses in the trial between the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft. This is reported by journalist Stephen Totilo, who studied court documents.

In 2023, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are going to skip E3, IGN reports, citing sources. If the portal’s information is confirmed, it will be the first time that all three companies do not participate in the exhibition.

On January 25, Jim Ryan met with Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition. This is reported by Reuters with reference to sources.

In December 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Bloomberg sources claim that she did it a few hours after she learned about the plans of the European Commission to start a new stage of negotiations with Microsoft.

The corporation told about this in the report for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 (October-December 2022).

Microsoft Corporation has announced the expansion of cooperation with OpenAI. She signed a “multibillion-dollar” deal with the developers of the chat bot ChatGPT for a period of several years.

Microsoft has subpoenaed Sony‘s gaming division in court as part of proceedings with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The corporation demanded Sony to disclose information about the volume and schedule of game development.

Microsoft continues to defend the purchase of Activision Blizzard. As noted by Stephen Totilo from Axios, she recently asked the court to postpone consideration of a lawsuit from 10 American gamers until the proceedings with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are completed.

On January 18, Microsoft confirmed that it would lay off 10,000 people. As it became known to the media, among others, developers from Bethesda, 343 Industries and The Coalition were reduced.

The European Federation of Game Developers (EGDF) has published an appeal in which it expressed support for the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. She said that the deal will bring more benefits to the gaming industry than harm.

Sky News, citing sources, reported that Microsoft plans to cut 5% of the corporation’s staff. It is assumed that the dismissals will be announced in the near future.

Google and NVIDIA have shared with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) information about the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. According to Bloomberg, citing sources, in their statements, the companies supported Sony‘s concerns and indicated that this purchase could harm competition in the markets of cloud services, subscriptions and mobile games.

Microsoft Corporation, together with a number of venture capital firms, is negotiating investments in OpenAI, Semafor reports, citing sources. If the deal goes through, the market value of AI developers will be $29 billion.