Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: the latest news on the acquisition
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Microsoft and Activision might push back their deadline to complete the merger.
A report from Bloomberg based on unnamed sources says the two companies aren’t likely to make their agreed July 18th deadline to close the deal, but rather than have Microsoft pay the game publisher a $3 billion breakup fee they’ll just extend it and try to get it down a little later.
As Tom wrote earlier, despite a courtroom win in the US, the UK’s CMA has set August 29th as the target date for its order, making an extension even more likely.
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