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\nActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has sent an email to staff stating Sony’s behaviour is “disappointing” but won’t affect the long term relationship between the two companies.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn a bid to prevent Microsoft’s proposed $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, Sony has claimed the deal would be anti-competitive and even stated Microsoft could release a deliberately buggy version of Call of Duty<\/a> on PlayStation.\n<\/p>\n

\nKotick directly addresses these statements in his email<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

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