Microsoft signs 10-yr deal with Spain's Nware after UK blocks Activision bid


FILE PHOTO A Microsoft logo is seen a day after Microsoft Corps 26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn Corp in Los Angeles California U.S. June 14 2016. REUTERSLucy Nicholson

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen a day after Microsoft Corp's $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn Corp, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp said on Friday it signed a 10-year deal with Nware to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform, days after Britain blocked its $69 billion buyout of the "Call of Duty" maker.

The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would hinder competition in cloud gaming, which was the reason cited by the Competition and Markets Authority to veto the biggest deal in gaming.

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