Activision may be withdrawn from UK by Microsoft

According to Microsoft’s website Bloomberg, will prepare a way to avoid the negatives of the regulatory body in the United Kingdom, which does not approve Activision’s purchase of Blizzard in the country. For this, the headquarters of the owner of Call of Duty can be removed from the region and moved to another country in Europe.

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice president, will travel to discuss the regulation of artificial intelligence and will use his stay on the continent to speak with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the report indicated. Political members will also hold meetings with corporate representatives.

The talks will take place ahead of a hearing in which Microsoft filed an appeal to speak with the UK Competition Authority. The source explained that Activision games will be sold in the country through another distributor if negotiations do not progress.

Notably, the US company appointed a “super advocate” to resolve the dispute in the country. Even after the merger between publishers in the EU was approved, the regulatory body’s vision remained the same.

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