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Podcast: The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast
Episode: Microcast: Ubisoft enters MS-ABK deal
Description: On today's GI Microcast, Chris Dring and James Batchelor discuss the latest developments in the ongoing saga that is Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.This morning it was announced the CMA has fully blocked the original deal, but a modified deal is now undergoing a phase one investigation with the aim to have a final decision on the transaction by October 18. The biggest change is that this deal excludes cloud gaming rights, which have been divested to Assassin's Creed publisher Ubiosft.We discuss whether this major alteration is enough to address the CMA's cloud...