In an attempt to appease UK regulators who initially blocked its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has struck a new deal to sell the streaming rights to Activision’s games to the game publisher Ubisoft after the deal closes. The agreement means that Microsoft won’t be able to make Activision’s popular titles like Call of Duty exclusively available...
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