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Bobby Kotick responds to FTC's demand against Microsoft

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Yesterday it was announced that the Federal Commission of Commerce of the United States, or FTC) had issued a lawsuit against Microsoft for its purchase of Blizzard Activision. Upon making this information known, Bobby Kick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, issued a statement where he assures that the acquisition will be carried out. Kick's mail for its employees indicates that, at the end of the day, the purchase of Blizzard Activision will be carried out, and it is not necessary to worry. The CEO mentions that this process will be completed, since this acquisition represents a benefit not only for them, but for players and industry in general. This was what he commented: Team, I wanted to provide a brief update on our pending merger with Microsoft. This week, the Federal Commerce of the USA (FTC) announced its decision to challenge the agreement. This means that they will file a lawsuit to block the merger and a judge will hear the arguments. This sounds alarming, so I wa...