Microsoft has sent an official response to the lawsuit of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In the documents, she indicated that she is not such a big player in the game dev industry.

Three-quarters of the British public are in favor of the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. This was announced by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after examining over 2.6 thousand letters sent to him.

The other day, an analyst at Benji-Sales suggested that High on Life showed the best start in Game Pass for 2022. Microsoft confirmed his observation and named two more achievements of the comedy shooter.

Microsoft is planning another major purchase. According to Reuters, next year it may announce the purchase of Netflix for $ 190 billion.

The European antimonopoly regulator continues to collect information about how the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Corporation may affect the gaming market. According to Reuters, in December, the European Commission sent a large questionnaire to developers, publishers and distributors of games, as well as suppliers of operating systems for PC.

10 American gamers decided to challenge the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. They filed their own lawsuit in the federal court of California.

Microsoft continues to try to appease antitrust regulators. Bloomberg sources report that the corporation has offered Sony the right to distribute Call of Duty series games as part of a PS Plus subscription.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially opposed the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. The department is confident that the deal will allow Microsoft to harm competition in the gaming market.

The head of Valve commented on Microsoft‘s promise to leave the Call of Duty series on Steam for 10 years if the deal with Activision Blizzard takes place. Gabe Newell stated that he was pleased with this offer and takes it as a compliment to Steam.

According to Bloomberg, on December 7, Microsoft executives are going to meet with representatives of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They will try once again to convince the regulator not to block the purchase of Activision Blizzard.

Phil Spencer announced that Microsoft has agreed to release Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles after completing the purchase of Activision Blizzard. He also confirmed that the games in the series will continue to be released on Steam at the same time as the release on Xbox.

This was stated by Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, in a column for The Wall Street Journal. He also confirmed that the corporation offered Sony to sign a contract for a period of 10 years for the release of Call of Duty on the PlayStation.

300 testers from the ZeniMax Media concern followed in the footsteps of Activision Blizzard employees and a number of other gaming companies. They started voting for the creation of their own trade union. If everything goes well, the ZeniMax Media union will become the first in Microsoft and the largest in the gaming industry.

The company confirmed in a comment to IGN that from the beginning of next year it plans to raise the cost of its main titles for the Xbox Series X/S.

Recently, another of the authorized members of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began to lean in favor of the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, sources say the New York Post. Now exactly half of the inspectors are in favor of the deal.

According to Reuters sources, Microsoft wants to avoid objections from the European regulator checking its deal with Activision Blizzard. For this, she will make concessions in the coming weeks.

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.