The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit in an effort to block Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Back in January, Microsoft announced its plans to buy Activision Blizzard, but according to a press release issued by the US watchdog (opens in new tab), the FTC claims that Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the Call of Duty publisher “would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox gaming consoles and its rapidly growing subscription content and cloud-gaming business”. The redacted complaint (opens in new tab) itself claims that the merger would “substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in multiple markets.
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