Britain re-evaluates Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and makes a final decision before August 29

CTOnews.com July 31 news, British antitrust regulators on Monday local time opened Microsoft's $69 billion (CTOnews.com note: currently about 494.04 billion yuan) acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard deal investigation, and solicit comments, and plans to make a final decision by August 29.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also published Microsoft's arguments on Monday explaining why the deal should be re-evaluated. CMA said in a statement that anyone wishing to comment on the Microsoft acquisition should submit comments by Aug. 4.

Microsoft's submission outlined its commitment to Activision Blizzard Games 'ability to provide cloud gaming services within a decade of the merger, and highlighted agreements with Sony, Nvidia, Boosteroid and Ubitus that it believed should allay CMA's concerns.