Purchase Activision Blizzard according to Microsoft it’s turning into something more and more like a soap opera. While Japan, the European Union and China have already approved the operation, the Redmond giant has encountered two major obstacles in two areas that should have been more friendly to its interests, the United States and the United Kingdom, whose antitrust authorities, the FTC and the CMA, are not going to give up easily.

All indications were that the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) would give the operation permission, but in the end the British authority decided to block it, alluding to Microsoft’s strong dominance in the cloud and on PCs through Okno. How could it be otherwise, the Redmond giant processed an appeal with the aim of getting the CMA to correct and ultimately grant its approval, but given that it’s the body that once buried NVIDIA’s aspirations to acquire ARM, it’s logical to think that Microsoft stands before a heavy nut.

The latest blow to Microsoft’s intentions to take over Activision Blizzard comes from The FTC (Federal Trade Commission), which filed an injunction and injunction to block the purchase process. We remind you that the American authority has already filed a lawsuit for the same purpose at the beginning of the year, so the orders go in principle in the direction that it maintained at a general level, which was not incompatible with the petitions addressed to Sony regarding agreements that address developers and publishers.

The orders don’t actually appear to be a reversal of the FTC’s position, but rather stem from the fact that the agency has not formally completed the blocking process, that is, by complying with its own paperwork. The FTC’s latest move is considered a court order, but if ultimately approved by a federal judge, the acquisition process would be halted pending a trial to determine the legality of the operation.

In addition to continuing the bureaucratic and legal processes presented to them, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are willing to continue the merger process as a coercive measure because it will be much more difficult for the company if it is finally consumed. is to be repealed by regulators who may have to accept reality.

In short, the US FTC maintains its opposition to the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, and if the standard procedure is followed and the current positions are maintained, everything seems to indicate that the procedures that began months ago will lead to a lawsuit.