Microsoft clears another obstacle to the acquisition of Blizzard: a US court rejects players' claims for class action

CTOnews.com, May 23 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-- Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard still has many challenges to overcome. One of the relatively easy challenges is litigation by gamers who worry that Microsoft will change the "call of Duty" game to Xbox monopoly.

A federal judge in the United States rejected the players' request to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley (Jacqueline Scott Corley) explained in the decision [PDF], CTOnews.com translated as follows:

The plaintiffs failed to prove that players would be irreparably hurt after the merger [Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard].

Microsoft has signed agreements with a number of platforms for 10 years, and there is no evidence that Microsoft will suspend the development of the existing call of Duty series after the acquisition.