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The UK’s competition regulator is reviewing Microsoft’s links to OpenAI

December 8, 2023

Steve Dent

The UK is considering an investigation into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI to decide if it has resulted in an “acquisition of control” that’s subject to antitrust law, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) wrote today. The regulator said it’s considering “recent developments,” no doubt referring to the Sam Altman CEO ouster drama in which Microsoft…
Read more: The UK’s competition regulator is reviewing Microsoft’s links to OpenAI
author_name|Lawrence Bonk, Information Technology, language|en-US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Adobe and Figma deal will ‘harm’ digital design sector, UK report suggests

November 28, 2023

Lawrence Bonk

Back in June, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) began an in depth investigation into the planned $20 billion Adobe and Figma merger. The organization has released its findings and, well, they don’t paint a rosy p…
Read more: Adobe and Figma deal will ‘harm’ digital design sector, UK report suggests
author_name|Kris Holt, Business, Information Technology, language|en-US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News, Video Games

Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators

October 13, 2023

Kris Holt

The biggest acquisition in gaming history and one of the largest in the tech industry is in the books. Twenty-one months after the deal was announced, Microsoft has bought Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the largest acqu…
Read more: Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators
author_name|Kris Holt, Investment & Company Information, language|en-US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard finally gets UK approval

October 12, 2023

Kris Holt,Steve Dent

UK’s antitrust regulator has given Microsoft the green light to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion following a protracted back and forth. The regulator called Microsoft’s concession to sell cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft…
Read more: Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard finally gets UK approval
author_name|Mariella Moon, Finance Trading, Investment & Company Information, language|en-US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News, Video Games

Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV won’t come to Game Pass until 2024

October 10, 2023

Mariella Moon

Game Pass subscribers will have to wait a bit more before they’re able to play Diablo IV and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on the service. Activision Blizzard has announced on X, formerly Twitter, that it doesn’t have plans to add those games — among other upcoming and recent releases — to the service…
Read more: Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV won’t come to Game Pass until 2024
Arts & Entertainment, author_name|Will Shanklin, language|en-US, Media, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth

September 29, 2023

Will Shanklin

The film-focused social media site LetterBoxd has new ownership. Cofounder Matthew Buchanan announced on Friday that Tiny, a venture capital firm, has bought a 60 percent stake in the platform. The New York Times reported …
Read more: Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth
Arts & Entertainment, author_name|Will Shanklin, language|en-US, Media, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth

September 29, 2023

Will Shanklin

The film-focused social media site LetterBoxd has new ownership. Cofounder Matthew Buchanan announced on Friday that Tiny, a venture capital firm, has bought a 60 percent stake in the platform. The New York Times reported …
Read more: Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth
author_name|Malak Saleh, Finance Trading, language|en-US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion buyout of Activision again

September 28, 2023

Malak Saleh

Just when Microsoft’s buyout of Activision seemed to finally be near complete, the Federal Trade Commission said it will revive its attempt to block the $69 billion deal in an adjudicative process. The FTC plans to restart its …
Read more: The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion buyout of Activision again
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Microsoft’s Activision merger set to get its final UK approval

September 22, 2023

Steve Dent

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard looked close to being dead not long ago, but it just took a big step toward clearing its last major obstacle. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that Microsoft’s revised agreement “substantially addresses previous concerns and opens the door to the deal being cleared.” The…
Read more: Microsoft’s Activision merger set to get its final UK approval
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Xbox chief Phil Spencer believed a Nintendo merger would have been his ‘career moment’

September 19, 2023

Mariella Moon

Microsoft Gaming chief Phil Spencer wanted to acquire Nintendo so bad, he considered it a “career moment.” One of the leaked documents from the FTC v. Microsoft case was an email Spencer sent to the company’s Chief Marketing Officers Chris Capossela an…
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Category: Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers

The UK’s competition regulator is reviewing Microsoft’s links to OpenAI

Adobe and Figma deal will ‘harm’ digital design sector, UK report suggests

Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard finally gets UK approval

Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV won’t come to Game Pass until 2024

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth

The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion buyout of Activision again

Microsoft’s Activision merger set to get its final UK approval

Xbox chief Phil Spencer believed a Nintendo merger would have been his ‘career moment’

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