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Takeover of Activision: Microsoft wins allies

2023-02-22T17:32:19.610Z


Nvidia is now backing the merger after securing an agreement to distribute Microsoft games. All the actors in the case were heard on Tuesday by the European antitrust.


Great oral atmosphere on Tuesday at the European Commission.

Microsoft Chairman Brad Smith and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick traveled to Brussels to answer European antitrust questions about the disputed merger between the computer giant and the main publisher of video games.

Representatives of Sony PlayStation, Google, Valve (leader in the distribution of PC games), Electronic Arts and the European Federation of Video Game Developers were also heard.

These hearings of the opponents and supporters of this operation to 69 billion dollars will feed the final decision of the Commission, which must be rendered on April 11.

If nothing has filtered from these exchanges, Microsoft organized a press conference after them to announce that it had won an ally: Nvidia.

The graphics card manufacturer had informed the authorities of its reservations on this file.

The company won a major concession there: Microsoft is committed to publishing…

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