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Phil Spencer is confident that Microsoft’s beleaguered Activision Blizzard acquisition will go through.

In an extensive new interview with IGN, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming said he’s “more confident now than I was a year ago” about the $68.7 billion deal. That might come as a surprise given the FTC’s lawsuit to try and block the deal and scrutiny by regulators in the UK and the EU, but “my confidence remains high,” Spencer said.

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