The EU antitrust regulator interviewed Microsoft to know whether it would be fair to compete after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

CTOnews.com news on October 7, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has aroused widespread concern in the game industry. If the deal is finally approved, Microsoft will have a series of IP, such as call of Duty. The deal is currently under intense scrutiny by several agencies. One of them is the European Commission.

For now, Microsoft will have to wait until November 8 to hear more about the European Commission. The acquisition has also come under intense scrutiny by global regulators because of antitrust concerns.

Now, several antitrust regulators from the European Union are asking the game developer whether Microsoft will gain from buying Activision Blizzard and whether it will prevent competitors from getting the call of Duty.

The regulators also want to know whether Activision's user data will give Microsoft a competitive advantage in developing, distributing and operating PC and console games, according to documents found by Reuters.

Regulators also want to know whether there will be enough alternatives on the market after the deal if Microsoft decides to offer Activision games exclusively on its Xbox, Xbox Game Pass and its cloud gaming streaming services.

Another question is whether competitors such as NVIDIA GeForce NOW, PlayStation, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and Facebook Gaming are still considered attractive after the deal is completed. All these questions must be answered by October 10, 2022.

Not long ago, Microsoft even set up a new website to outline the benefits of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Of course, it would be more accurate to say that Microsoft is trying to appeal to the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is also scrutinizing the controversial deal.

CTOnews.com reported that Spencer had previously said: "in January this year, we signed an agreement with Sony to ensure that the features and content of call of Duty on PlayStation will remain the same as in the past, at least for a few more years on the basis of Sony's current contract with Activision Blizzard, which goes far beyond the usual game industry agreement."

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"Sony PlayStation Jim Ryan made a special flight to the European Union to express concern about Microsoft Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard."

Sony: buying other studios to help them, not competitions.