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RIP any new blizzard games in the UK
UK will probably still get the games, they'll just go through different publishers.
The CMA agreed to negotiate so I think it's likely that a deal will be made soon. The UK doesn't want to be left out
I believe the CMA have opened up talks to get further assurances when it passes. Best for both parties.
Hopefully that all gets figured out for those in the UK. It would really suck for those there being locked out of new games.
I live in the UK, and have no idea what you're talking about. ELI5?
A lot of people speculate that Microsoft would try to work around the UK's CMA ruling against the merger by not publishing any Activision-Blizzard games in the UK.
To me that sounds like bullshit that wouldn't fly, especially since MS has so many of their own offices in the UK and their own critical businesses that could be impacted too. But I'm not a lawyer so take my "that's bullshit" with a heaping pile of salt. Although I haven't seen any lawyers speculate the above either, so take that with a similar pile of salt too. But that's the reasoning behind the statements to that effect.
Gotcha. Super concise, thanks!
Yeah that's what I meant! Thanks for explaining to them :)