{"id":112303,"date":"2023-10-19T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=112303"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:44:50","slug":"microsoft-buys-activision-maker-of-diablo-warcraft-and-call-of-duty-for-69-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=112303","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft buys Activision, maker of Diablo, Warcraft, and Call of Duty, for $69 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Kingdom regulators were effectively the last hurdle stopping Microsoft from purchasing Activision Blizzard, in the biggest merger the video game industry has ever seen. That hurdle was cleared this morning as the UK\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority relented to adjusted terms. 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