Microsoft has officially filed an appeal to overturn the CMA’s decision to block its purchase of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft retained the legal services of Daniel Beard KC of Monckton Chambers.
Whether or not Activision Blizzard has officially filed its own appeal as of yet is unknown.
GameSpot has contacted both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard in an attempt to get more details.
The appeal is being made to the CMA’s Competition Appeal Tribunal.
The CMA’s decision came as a shock to Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.
The anti-trust organization’s biggest concern pertained to the cloud gaming market, not Call of Duty exclusivity.
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have said the CMA made a decision based on misguided claims.
Not long after the CMA voted to block the sale,the European Union cleared the deal.
The CMA reacted to the EU’s decision and doubled down on its own ruling against the buyout.
The Federal Trade Commission in the US will conduct a hearing in early August 2023 to discuss the sale.
Microsoft’s biggest acquisition ever was LinkedIn, which it acquired in 2016 for $26.2 billion.
The Activision Blizzard deal is 2.5x bigger than that.
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