Call of Duty account users have received messages that they now need to add their birthday and/or get parental consent to play.

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard. Microsoft announced a ...

Big news for gamers: the FTC just lost its appeal against Microsoft’s huge $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This means the deal, finalized in October 2023, is now set in stone.

The FTC have themselves ended their action vs. the Microsoft Activision deal. The FTC revealed plans to investigate the deal shortly after Microsoft announced it in 2022.

The Ninth Circuit denied the FTC’s emergency motion for an injunction on July 14, 2023 and Microsoft officially completed the merger with Activision in October 13, 2023. See Fed. Trade Comm’n v.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) bagged a win on Wednesday against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) appeal challenging the Windows maker’s acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard.

Earlier Thursday, the FTC said it was dismissing a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed by the Democratic-controlled FTC in January. Microsoft announced a $69 billion acquisition of Activision ...

Earlier Thursday, the FTC said it was dismissing a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed by the Democratic-controlled FTC in January. Microsoft announced a $69bn acquisition of Activision in ...

Earlier Thursday, the FTC said it was dismissing a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed by the Democratic-controlled FTC in January. Microsoft announced a $69 billion acquisition of Activision ...

The Republican-controlled FTC is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.