Video gamers renew legal challenge to Microsoft's Activision bid after setback


FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - A group of video gamers on Monday filed a new legal challenge to Microsoft Corp's $69 billion bid to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc, after a U.S. judge last month rejected an earlier version of the antitrust lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley dismissed the plaintiffs' first complaint in March after finding it failed to present enough information to back claims the acquisition would harm industry competition.

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