Microsoft makes new deal to buy Call of Duty giant

Microsoft has submitted a caller woody to bargain Activision Blizzard aft its archetypal $69bn (£59bn) bid was rejected by the UK contention watchdog.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said connected Tuesday that Microsoft's archetypal connection for the Call of Duty-maker had been blocked.

It volition present reappraisal the caller woody but said: "This is not a greenish light."

Under the caller connection Microsoft won't bargain the rights for Activision's existing oregon caller games stored successful the cloud.

The pledge, which volition past 15 years, volition not screen Activision's PC and console games successful the European Economic Area.

Games stored successful the alleged unreality let players to bargain contented erstwhile they like, akin to a streaming work specified arsenic Netflix.

Instead of controlling each of Activision's games, which besides includes Candy Crush, Microsoft said the contented would beryllium sold to rival video crippled steadfast Ubisoft.

Ubisoft tin past proviso Activision's contented "to each unreality gaming work providers including to Microsoft itself".

Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard would beryllium the biggest of its benignant successful the past of the gaming industry.

Microsoft makes the Xbox gaming console and wants to bargain Activision to adhd much titles to its Game Pass streaming service. This allows gamers to download contented to their consoles and mobile phones.

However, it has divided regulators successful the UK, Europe and the US.

Rivals specified arsenic Sony person besides objected to the deal, acrophobic that Microsoft could halt large games being disposable to its ain PlayStation business.

Modern Warfare 2, the latest instalment successful the Call of Duty series, made $1bn successful its merchandise weekend, and much than fractional of each copies sold successful the UK were for PlayStation.