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Activision Blizzard: Antitrust, but for gamers


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Last year, Microsoft announced it would buy video game publisher Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion, making it the biggest tech deal literally ever.

Last month, the UK competition regulator blocked the sale on antitrust grounds, arguing it would hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming sector.

In this ep, we discuss Microsoft, Xbox, cloud gami…

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