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Tag: FTC

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Microsoft Wins FTC Court Case to Buy Activision Blizzard

It’s official: Microsoft wins its court battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to be able to buy Activision Blizzard (per The Verge), ...
By John FrisciaJuly 11, 2023
law legal reality of FTC block of Xbox Microsoft Activision Blizzard merger - why acquisition will be successful go through and complete
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Why the FTC’s Weak Challenge Won’t Prevent the Microsoft-Activision Merger

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint that seeks to challenge the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard by ...
By Adam AdlerDecember 11, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to block Microsoft from its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard (and Call of Duty).
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FTC Officially Seeks to Block Microsoft Acquisition of Activision

The moment that first seemed highly unlikely, then just a little unlikely, then all of a sudden pretty plausible has finally happened. The ...
By John FrisciaDecember 8, 2022
FTC / ESA lootboxes | Sony, MS, and Nintendo All Agree to Disclose Loot Box Winning Odds
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Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo All Agree to Disclose Loot Box Odds

Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and a host of other video game publishers are committing to disclose loot box winning odds going forward. The Federal ...
By Michael CripeAugust 7, 2019
First-Person Marketer

Marketing Games to Kids

I started playing videogames when there was no such thing as videogames for kids. One of my earliest memories of playing a videogame ...
By JP Sherman Legacy AuthorNovember 22, 2010
Protect the Children

MMOGs Are For Kids

Will was eager to play a massively multiplayer online game ever since he could grasp the concept, so when he finally got the ...
By Richard Aihoshi Legacy AuthorJune 10, 2008
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