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  2. FTC to revive fight against Microsoft's acquisition of ... - AOL

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    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is bringing back its lawsuit challenging Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of video game giant Activision Blizzard ().The revived challenge, which the FTC ...

  3. Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    October 13, 2023. ( 2023-10-13) Status. Closed. On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal was concluded on October 13, 2023, with the total cost of the acquisition amounting to $75.4 billion. [1] [2] Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft brought Activision Blizzard under ...

  4. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    The ban was lifted on 23 June 2016; the game can be acquired in physical and non-physical format through Steam. Counter-Strike is banned because of violence and a map simulating a Favela in 2008. The ban was later lifted and the game is available for sale. EverQuest is banned because the player is able to go on quests for both good and evil.

  5. FTC would face tough appeal of Microsoft-Activision order ...

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    The U.S. Federal Trade Commission would face hurdles in any appeal of a court's order on Tuesday that said Microsoft could move forward with its $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker ...

  6. Activision Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    Activision Blizzard, Inc. [a] is an American video game holding company based in Santa Monica, California. [3] Activision Blizzard currently includes five business units: [4] Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, King, [5] Major League Gaming, [6] and Activision Blizzard Studios.

  7. Activision - Wikipedia

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    Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher ...

  8. Shadow banning - Wikipedia

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    Shadow banning. Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hellbanning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an ...

  9. List of Activision video games - Wikipedia

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    List of Activision games: 1980–1999. List of Activision games: 2000–2009. List of Activision games: 2010–2019. List of Activision games: 2020–present. List of Activision Value games.