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Microsoft is expected to offer remedies after the hearing.
Microsoft will make a last-ditch effort to defend its $69 billion bid for “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard before European Union and national antitrust authorities in a closed hearing on February 21, the US software company said on Tuesday.
BRUSSELS: Microsoft will make a last-ditch effort to defend its $69 billion bid for “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard before European Union and national antitrust authorities in a closed hearing on February 21, the US software company said Tuesday.
The company asked for a hearing after receiving a statement of objections from the European Commission warning about the potential anti-competitive effects of the deal.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the oral hearing.
The Xbox maker announced the Activision Blizzard acquisition last January to better compete with leaders Tencent and Sony, but has run into regulatory headwinds in Europe, Britain and the United States.
Microsoft is expected to offer remedies after the hearing.
It also reached a 10-year deal with Nintendo to make “Call of Duty” available on Nintendo consoles, intended to reassure competition enforcers, but has been criticized by Sony, which blocked the deal. wants to do
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