On Monday 15 May, the European Commission authorised the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft.
In its preliminary investigation, the Commission had highlighted that Microsoft was likely to raise competition concerns, on the one hand, in the market for the distribution of video games for consoles and PCs, including multi-game subscription services and game streaming, and, on the other hand, in the market for the supply of operating systems for personal computers.
On the other hand, after...