Microsoft gets green light in UK to buy Activision

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Microsoft's revised offer to buy Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard has been approved by UK regulators.

The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said the updated bid had addressed concerns, after it blocked the original $69bn (£59bn) deal in April.

Microsoft will hand the rights to distribute Activision's games on consoles and PCs over the cloud to France's Ubisoft.

The CMA said this would "preserve competitive prices".

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