Reaction: What happens next for Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal?

The VGC team discuss the fallout after the UK regulator’s big block

Reaction: What happens next for Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal?

The games industry woke up to surprising news on Wednesday after the UK’s competition regulator blocked Microsoft‘s $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard.

In a special edition of the VGC podcast, Andy Robinson and Jordan Middler discuss what’s next for the acquisition and its chances of moving forward.

VGC: A Video Games Podcast episodes are available weekly, hosted by VGC’s Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson, and broadcaster Pete Donaldson, featuring regular special guests from across the games industry.

The weekly show is produced by Stak, the company behind some of the UK’s biggest podcasts, including Football Ramble, JaackMaate’s Happy Hour and Abroad in Japan.

You can subscribe to VGC: A Video Games Podcast now on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and more.

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