The EU will decide on the deal between Xbox and Activision later

The European Commission, Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority and the US Federal Trade Commission continue to investigate Microsoft’s nearly $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The first-named regulator extended the publication of the preliminary decision by 10 days to 4/25 of this year. He also said that given the scale of the transaction, global regulators should not rush into a decision.

Margrethe Vestager, head of the EU Antimonopoly Authority, in an interview with the Bloomberg agency she pointed outthat Xbox’s tie-up with Activision Blizzard touches diverse markets. There is a different system in Europe, another in the United Kingdom and another in the United States of America. For that reason, the authorities may come to different results.

Last week, Microsoft met with EU antitrust officials, Sony and other companies in Brussels. At the end of this day Microsoft has announced that it has reached an agreement with both Nintendo and Nvidia, so that not only Call of Duty is available on the Nintendo platform and in the GeForce Now cloud service. Microsoft intends to bring more of its first-party games to the platforms. The process has already begun.

On the contrary, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard were to meet with the British authorities this week, according to Bloomberg sources. The lawyers were to discuss the office’s findings and assess the feasibility of the proposed corrective measures.

Bloomberg he claimsthat Microsoft is prepared to hire an agency to oversee compliance with agreed behavioral remedial measures. This may include contracts with Nintendo and Nvidia. According to some lawyers, these will be enough to convince the individual authorities to approve the acquisition.

The British authority is to make a decision by 4/26/2023.