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Canada tells Microsoft that Activision deal is likely to lessen competition — court filing
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games characters in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada’s Department of Justice told lawyers for Microsoft (NASDAQ:) that it had concluded that the deal to buy Activision “is likely to” lead to less competition in some aspects of gaming, according to a court filing on Thursday.
In a letter dated Wednesday, the bureau said that it had communicated to Microsoft and Activision that the deal would likely lead to less competition in “gaming consoles and multigame subscription services (as well as
cloud gaming).”
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