As spotted by The Verge, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft over its Activision Blizzard King acquisition. The organization filed a motion to dismiss the case today, May 22, 2025, finally closing the door on the FTC’s attempts to block the largest acquisition in video game industry history. Microsoft first announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard King at the beginning of 2022, and by the end of 2022, the FTC had filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, and so began the long contest that has continued to stretch on, even after the FTC lost […]
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