Microsoft files appeal against CMA block on Activision Blizzard merger
Welcome to an especially newsy edition of Game Developer digest! Today we have news from Microsoft, Google and more, plus a deep dive on the making of Bombing!! 2: A Graffiti Paradise.
Microsoft's legal fight with the CMA over the future of Activision Blizzard continues.
Per?Reuters, Microsoft filed an appeal to the country's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) on May 24 in an effort to get its $69 billion deal with the Call of Duty publisher to go through. The CAT handles appeals against CMA rulings, and only covers the merits of the regulator's original choice.?
Exact contents of that appeal, such as the language used or the primary argument being used, have yet to be disclosed.?
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