Microsoft sets out grounds for Activision appeal against UK regulator


FILE PHOTO Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

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/

LONDON (Reuters) -Microsoft is challenging Britain's decision to block its $69 billion takeover of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard on the grounds of "fundamental errors" in the assessment of Microsoft's cloud gaming services.

Britain's anti-trust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), vetoed the deal in April, saying it could hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming market, sparking a furious row.

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