Mixed Responses to Microsoft's Bid to Buy Activision Blizzard in the UK

Six third-party developers and publishers operating in the UK, including 4J Studios, have argued that Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard should be allowed to proceed for various reasons, ranging from the need to offer more competition to PlayStation, to improving the working conditions of Activision's employees. The UK regulator, the CMA, believes the deal would pose a risk to competition and has called on Microsoft to offer remedies to counter its concerns. Microsoft has proposed behavioural remedies, specifically offering Call of Duty to multiple platforms over the next ten years.