Microsoft plans to finally buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn next Friday, 13th October, according to a fresh report from The Verge.
That date is still contingent on the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority giving the deal an official green light – though the regulator has already signalled it is likely to do so.
The CMA has until 18th October to weigh in with its final decision, following a deadline today for feedback on the deal’s revised form – now Microsoft has agreed to sell off streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft.
