A U.S. judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request for a temporary block on Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard late on Tuesday. The FTC filed the request for a restraining ...

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

TL;DR: The FTC has officially dismissed its antitrust case against Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, ending legal challenges to the largest video game merger in history.

On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) withdrew its administrative case opposing Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The decision ...

This video breaks down Microsoft’s long history of antitrust lawsuits and how the Activision acquisition mirrors the same ...

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard. The end of the lunch bowl era ...

A visitor plays the game 'Call of Duty' of Activision on a mobile phone at the Samsung mobile booth at the Gamescom video game fair in Cologne on August 24, 2022. According to the organisers, around 1 ...

TL;DR: The FTC has postponed the evidentiary hearing in its ongoing administrative case challenging Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to July 21, 2025. This delay allows all ...

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard boosts its gaming sector, enhancing Xbox operations significantly. The acquisition of LinkedIn diversified Microsoft's portfolio into social media, ...

Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, however, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would file an appeal in December 2023 in an attempt to overturn the court's ...