Microsoft spent a large chunk of time–and cash–acquiring new studios throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but its biggest move was ...

The court applied the enhanced scrutiny standard of review and found the plaintiff had shown to the extent needed to survive a motion to dismiss that Activision's CEO and board members may have ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. The largest video games acquisition in history is now left ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The Federal Trade Commission has set a date for a key part in its administrative case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. Despite losing a case for a ...

President Trump's antitrust cops ended a government effort to unwind Microsoft's (MSFT) $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard that began during the Biden administration. The ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a government agency in charge of enforcing antitrust law and consumer protection in the United States, has issued a lawsuit against Microsoft over its planned $68.7 ...

The decision is the latest development in Chancery litigation that's been underway since November 2022, when Activision shareholder and Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden filed a lawsuit claiming ...

The US Federal Trade Commission has dropped its complaint against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. On May 22, 2025, the FTC issued an order dismissing its case after it lost its appeal ...

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have extended the deadline for the tech giant’s acquisition of the game developer, Activision Blizzard announced Wednesday. The deadline, which would have been this ...

Microsoft sold the Xbox gaming console and offered a video game subscription service called Xbox Game Pass and a cloud-based video game streaming service. The agency alleged that the deal would enable ...

After facing intense regulatory challenges, Microsoft has successfully overcome the FTC's appeal, securing its US$69 billion deal with Activision Blizzard. Microsoft has overcome another legal ...