![]() 3 in the gaming industry by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony. For its part, Microsoft has stressed that the combination would make it No. ![]() House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a tweet about the Microsoft-Activision purchase. "I expect this deal to be closely scrutinized to ensure that it won't harm American workers or competition," Jerry Nadler, chair of the U.S. For example, in the United Kingdom last year, the Competition and Markets Authority ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to divest GIF website operator Giphy. Regulators and elected officials in recent years have shown more willingness to push back on highly valued technology companies' transactions. If completed, it also would mark the largest-ever deal by a technology company in the U.S. Activision releases games in the "Call of Duty," "Candy Crush," "Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" franchises, and the deal would lift Microsoft's collection of game studios from 23 to 30. ![]() Microsoft announced the move three weeks after revealing its intent to acquire the video game publisher for $68.7 billion. Those principles also are designed to ease regulators' fears about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision and stop a potential antitrust killing of the transaction.
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