{"id":33544,"date":"2023-08-22T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/microsoft-submits-new-activision-blizzard-deal-for-review-after-cma-confirms-original-deal-block\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T07:30:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:30:24","slug":"microsoft-submits-new-activision-blizzard-deal-for-review-after-cma-confirms-original-deal-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/microsoft-submits-new-activision-blizzard-deal-for-review-after-cma-confirms-original-deal-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Submits New Activision Blizzard Deal for Review After CMA Confirms Original Deal Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p>Microsoft has submitted a new Activision Blizzard deal for review after the UK\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed the original deal is blocked.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>To address the CMA\u2019s concerns, Microsoft has restructured the deal to buy a \u201cnarrower\u201d set of rights. This includes signing a deal with Assassin\u2019s Creed maker Ubisoft to transfer the cloud streaming rights for all current and new Activision Blizzard PC and console games released over the next 15 years. The rights will be in perpetuity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Developing story&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/microsoft-submits-new-activision-blizzard-deal-for-review-after-cma-confirms-original-deal-block\">Go to Source (IGN.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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This includes signing a deal with Assassin\u2019s Creed maker Ubisoft to transfer the cloud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33545,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,9],"tags":[1611,667,735,1012,3759,3823,325,30,72,8612,5050],"class_list":["post-33544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-releases","category-pc","category-reviews","tag-activision","tag-after","tag-blizzard","tag-competition","tag-deal","tag-markets","tag-microsoft","tag-pc","tag-review","tag-submitted","tag-uks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft Submits New Activision Blizzard Deal for Review After CMA Confirms Original Deal Block | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Microsoft Submits New Activision Blizzard Deal for Review After CMA Confirms Original Deal Block for free, here on XtremeServers. 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