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\nSatya Nadella has downplayed the likelihood of Microsoft’s enormous $69bn Activision Blizzard buyout being blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission. <\/p>\n

In an interview with the Financial Times<\/a>, Nadella said the deal should be viewed in the context of the video games industry market – where Microsoft is not top dog.<\/p>\n

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

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

Satya Nadella has downplayed the likelihood of Microsoft’s enormous $69bn Activision Blizzard buyout being blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission. In an interview with the Financial Times, Nadella said the deal should be viewed in the context of the video games industry market – where Microsoft is not top dog. Read more Source –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6138,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1986,1985,1984],"class_list":["post-6137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","tag-downplayed","tag-nadella","tag-satya"],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft boss plays down potential Activision Blizzard buyout block | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Microsoft boss plays down potential Activision Blizzard buyout block for free, here on XtremeServers. 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