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Support Inside Games! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insidegamesYT YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHQlasvjQ0JMOHoKOz4c0g/join Hosted by: Lawrence: http://twitch.tv/sirlarr | Bruce: http://twitch.tv/brucegreene Edited by: ShooklynTV: https://twitter.com/ShooklynTV Written by: Lawrence Sonntag & Brian Gaar: https://www.twitch.tv/briangaar Sources -- [YouTube, Inside Games] Microsoft WILL Acquire Activision by August - https://bit.ly/3nb3KmY [The New York Times] U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Bid for Activision, a Blow for Tech Deals - https://nyti.ms/3nbYm30 [YouTube, Inside Games] UK Blocks Microsoft / Activision Deal - https://bit.ly/3Hin5JP [Competition & Markets Authority] Overview of our conclusions - https://bit.ly/3HjO1Zv [Competition & Markets Authority] ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION OF ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC BY MICROSOFT CORPORATION - https://bit.ly/3lk5wRn [GOV.UK] CMA narrows scope of concerns in Microsoft – Activision review - https://bit.ly/3Kr8qN3 [Twitter, Brad Smith] https://bit.ly/40KBDIX [TechCrunch] UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’ - https://tcrn.ch/40Mzsoa [Twitter, Lulu Meservey] https://bit.ly/425v0Ck [The New York Times] U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Bid for Activision, a Blow for Tech Deals - https://nyti.ms/3nbYm30 [Seeking Alpha] Microsoft-Activision Deal: Game’s On! - https://bit.ly/3ltNQ68 [Video Games Chronicle] Analysts say ‘Microsoft’s Activision deal is not dead’ ahead of UK appeal - https://bit.ly/3oNv0bA [Activision Investor Relations] Activision Blizzard Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results - https://bit.ly/449OKX5 Music — Switch It Up - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/r_HRbXhOir8 Get Back - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/iQYmgOrPEvs Kula - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/0bywp0qTVNo Funk Down - MK2 https://youtu.be/SPN_Ssgqlzc