Microsoft's Activision Deal Secures UK Regulator Approval.

UK regulators have provisionally found that Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition deal to buy Activision Blizzard would not harm competition, as new data shows that making the "Call of Duty" game series exclusive to Xbox would result in significant losses for Microsoft. The agency is still investigating the cloud gaming aspect of the deal, and their final verdict is due in four weeks. Microsoft still needs approval from European regulators and must deal with an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.