Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition attempt revived as firms submits new deal UK regulator

Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition got a new chance at winning approval from UK regulators after the tech giant submitted a substantially different deal to the country’s antitrust watchdog.

In a rare move, the British Competition and Markets Authority will open a new deal probe after Microsoft said it would give Ubisoft Entertainment, a French video game publisher, rights to distribute Activision games, potentially easing concerns over its dominance in the cloud gaming market, ...