Bloomberg Law
December 20, 2022, 5:48 PM UTCUpdated: December 20, 2022, 9:08 PM UTC

Microsoft Sued by Gamers Over $69 Billion Activision Deal (2)

Mike Leonard
Mike Leonard
Legal Reporter

Microsoft Corp.'s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. hit another hurdle Tuesday, when a group of gamers challenged the deal in court.

The federal antitrust lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, comes less than two weeks after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger between one of the world’s top video game publishers and the manufacturer of the Xbox console. The new suit names Microsoft, but not Activision, as a defendant.

Like the FTC, the gamers are seeking a court order prohibiting the companies from consummating the transaction. Their complaint cites concerns that the merger would ...

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