Last month, a group of gamers filed a lawsuit saying the Microsoft-Activision merger would reduce competition. It turned out that the highly anticipated case could be broadcast on YouTube.
Microsoft’s announcement that it would buy the game giant Activision Blizzard for an astronomical fee last year was a bombshell in the game world. However, this merger later faced many obstacles. While Sony, one of Microsoft’s biggest rivals, objected to the purchase, competition institutions also started investigations.
In the past weeks, an objection to the purchase has also been made. from the players came. A group of ten players sued Microsoft, stating that it would ‘turn into a monopoly’. Now, there have been new developments about this case, the outcome of which is eagerly awaited.
Players’ lawsuit against Microsoft can be streamed live on YouTube
Some hearings of the lawsuit filed by players in US states such as New Mexico, California, and New Jersey can be streamed on YouTube appeared. The district court where the case will take place, according to FossPatents, run by Florian Muller, a lawyer transparency offers. This suggests that some hearings may be streamed online for everyone on YouTube.
Note that the case will be heard in the northern state of California. There is no information yet about when the hearings of the lawsuit filed by the players will begin. Emphasizing that the Microsoft-Activision merger will prevent competition, the plaintiffs claim that leading series such as Call of Duty, Doom, World of Warcraft Microsoft will take over had also drawn attention.
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