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Microsoft gets approval from European Union for Activision Blizzard acquisition, other hurdles remain

By Kevin Hitt
European Union regulators have approved Microsoft’s $68.7 billion dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard . The approval comes under the auspices that Microsoft will allow popular Activision Blizzard titles, such as Call of Duty, to be played on other cloud-based services and not just the ...

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