FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

The US Federal Trade Commission's legal challenge against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has failed.

Courts put an end to the FTC’s 2023 lawsuit against Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard

You’d be absolutely forgiven in assuming that all of the legal drama surrounding the 2023 Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard was done a while ago. However, just like a Starbucks drive-thru at 8:00 in the morning, parts of it have been dragging through at an agonizing pace, and it’s only now in May 2025 that […]

The FTC has officially lost its appeal against the...