FTC confirms it's suing to block Microsoft's $69bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
In a news release announcing the lawsuit, the FTC pointed to Microsoft's, and the company's subsequent decision to make games from its subsidiaries - namely Bethesda's Starfield and Redfall - exclusive to Microsoft devices, despite previously assuring European regulators it had no incentive to withhold games from rival consoles.
"Microsoft has already shown that it can and will withhold content from its gaming rivals," the FTC's director of bureau competition Holly Vedova said in a statement."Today we seek to stop Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio and using it to harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets.
"But that could change if the deal is allowed to proceed," the FTC adds.
The FTC is the first regulator to attempt to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard; several other countries, including Saudi Arabia andHowever, the acquisition currently remains under close scrutiny in both the
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