{"id":22013,"date":"2022-12-21T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/small-band-of-gamers-team-up-to-sue-microsoft-over-activision-blizzard-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T11:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:05:03","slug":"small-band-of-gamers-team-up-to-sue-microsoft-over-activision-blizzard-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/small-band-of-gamers-team-up-to-sue-microsoft-over-activision-blizzard-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Small band of gamers team up to sue Microsoft over Activision Blizzard deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nA group of 10 gamers in the US have teamed up to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/antitrust\/microsoft-sued-by-gamers-challenging-69-billion-activision-deal\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>, the lawsuit argues that the acquisition will give Microsoft enough influence over multiple levels of the gaming industry &#8220;to foreclose rivals, limit output, reduce consumer choice, raise prices, and further inhibit competition&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Microsoft already controls one of the industry\u2019s most popular and largest video game ecosystems,&#8221; the suit alleges.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/small-band-of-gamers-team-up-to-sue-microsoft-over-activision-blizzard-deal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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