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Sony has responded to this week’s industry-shaking news that Microsoft is buying Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard, and said it expects Microsoft to “ensure Activision games are multiplatform”.<\/p>\n

The brief statement, issued to the Wall St Journal<\/a>, is Sony’s first comment on the deal.<\/p>\n

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

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sony has responded to this week’s industry-shaking news that Microsoft is buying Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard, and said it expects Microsoft to “ensure Activision games are multiplatform”. The brief statement, issued to the Wall St Journal, is Sony’s first comment on the deal. 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