{"id":104688,"date":"2022-10-22T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uk-regulator-wants-your-opinion-on-xbox-activision-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:12:55","slug":"uk-regulator-wants-your-opinion-on-xbox-activision-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uk-regulator-wants-your-opinion-on-xbox-activision-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK regulator wants your opinion on Xbox Activision deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has published the details of its ‘Phase 2 merger investigation’ into Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and it’s calling for the public to weigh in with their opinion.<\/h2>\n

If you’d like to have a say in whether or not Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through or not, you’re in luck, as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will allow the public to contact them on two different occasions during its ‘Phase 2’ investigation (thanks, GI.biz).<\/p>\n

The UK’s CMA is looking for public’s opinion<\/h3>\n
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As published on the UK government website, the CMA is offering two opportunities for the public to get involved with its decision to accept or deny Microsoft’s plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. The regulator has already published its ‘Issues Statement’ for the three main impacts of the merger: multi-game subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass, the future of cloud gaming, and the availability of Activision content on rival consoles. <\/p>\n

Now the CMA will begin “gathering and reviewing evidence,” including the view of the public. The regulator will then meet with both Microsoft and Activision to “learn more about their business” before publishing its provisional findings. Again, the public will be able to respond to the findings when they’re published in January.<\/p>\n

To contact the CMA, you should email your views to microsoft.activision@cma.gov.uk, and ensure any attachments are available in Word, Excel, or searchable PDF formats. We recommend you check out the website for full details before you do.<\/p>\n

Even if the acquisition goes through, an existing deal between Sony and Activision could stop the Call of Duty series from coming to Game Pass, so it could be a number of years before you can play releases like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II \u2014 which we now have the achievement list for \u2014 with the service. Other games like Diablo IV shouldn’t have a problem, though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has published the details of its ‘Phase 2 merger investigation’ into Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and it’s calling for the public to weigh in with their opinion. If you’d like to have a say in whether or not Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through or not, …<\/p>\n

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