Microsoft's attempt to buy Activision Blizzard helped by US judge
A federal judge has blocked a US regulator's attempt to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Federal Trade Commission had been seeking an emergency block order as it believes that the tech giant purchasing the video game developer - which is vying to do so for $69 billion - would squash competition in the industry as it would hinder other brands like Sony from offering customers titles from their back catalogue like ‘Call of Duty’, ‘World of Warcraft’ and ‘Candy Crush,’ however, the court disagreed with this “assertion”. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley wrote in a ruling: "Th...