Microsoft's Activision takeover blocked in UK

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The Competition and Markets authorization has blocked Microsoft's projected $68.7bn (£55m) program to bargain video crippled institution Activision Blizzard successful the UK.

The assemblage said it's acrophobic the woody would connection reduced innovation and little prime for gamers erstwhile it comes to the fast-growing unreality gaming business.

The CMA was not acrophobic that the woody would distort contention successful the console gaming market.

Microsoft said it would entreaty against the decision.

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