The American competition authority, the FTC, filed a complaint on Thursday December 8 to block the $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, publisher of successful video games like
Call of Duty
, by Microsoft.
If the deal goes through, "
the Xbox maker would gain control over major franchises, allowing it to hurt competition in high-performance game consoles and subscription services. "
by denying or degrading the access of rivals to its popular content
”, justifies the agency in a press release.