U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority is suggesting the divestiture of CallofDuty or Activision before it'd accept Microsoft's ActivisionBlizzard acquisition.
Microsoft has hit a major roadblock in its attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has determined that the deal “could harm U.K. gamers.” For the deal to go through, the CWA is suggesting some major concessions, like Activision Blizzard divesting in the Call of Duty or Activision segments of its business ahead of the acquisition.
Basically, the CMA is very concerned about Microsoft having control of the business behind Call of Duty and wants it to forfeit that altogether. In a press release, the CMA explains that it’d be beneficial for Microsoft to make Activision games like Call of Duty exclusive to its own consoles and cloud services or for it to make versions of the game available on other platforms “materially worse,” despite Microsoft’s assertion that it wouldn’t be the case.
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