EU Approves Microsoft's $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard for Xbox.
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The European Commission has approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard following an "in-depth" investigation. Microsoft has agreed to a free license that would allow residents in the European Economic Area to use any cloud platform they want to stream all current and future Activision-Blizzard games. The company still faces opposition from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority and the US Federal Trade Commission.
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