Foreign media: Britain will conduct in -depth investigations

Zhongxin Jingwei, September 15th. According to Reuters, on the 15th local time, the British antitrust regulatory agency competition and the Market Administration (CMA) stated that it will acquire Microsoft's US $ 68.7 billion to acquire the US video game giant's vision Blizzard transaction In -depth investigations are because Microsoft failed to propose remedial measures to alleviate people's concerns about competition.

CMA said earlier this month that if Microsoft refuses to let competitors use the best -selling game of Activision Blizzard, the acquisition of this video game publisher may damage the competition in the field of game consoles, subscription services and cloud games.

According to the data, Activision Blizzard is a game giant formed by repeated acquisitions and mergers. After the acquisition of digital entertainment companies in 2016, it has formed a dynamic Blizzard, which is now published, Blizzard Entertainment and King. Blizzard Entertainment, a well -known Chinese player, launched the game "World of Warcraft" in 2004.

On January 18 this year, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $ 68.7 billion in cash, and the acquisition premium was about 45%. This is the largest acquisition of Microsoft's history. The transaction has been approved by Microsoft and Activision Blizzard's board of directors. It is expected to be completed in fiscal 2023. After the transaction is completed, according to revenue, Microsoft will become the third largest game company in the world, second only to Tencent and Sony.

According to the acquisition agreement between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, before the acquisition transaction was officially completed, Activision Blizzard and Microsoft Games will continue to operate independently. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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