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\nActivision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has taken aim at post-Brexit Britain, as it looks increasingly likely the UK’s anti-competition regulator will try and block Microsoft’s ambitious $68.7bn buyout of the company.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is due to weigh in imminently on the proposed deal, which has already seen objections from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and regulators in the EU.\n<\/p>\n

\nActivision’s controversial CEO was asked by CNBC<\/a> how he would react if the UK joined other regulators in opposing the deal – and Kotick did not hold back.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

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