Microsoft Inks 10-Year Deal With , Spain’s Nware After Activision Bid Is Blocked in UK.
Microsoft made the announcement
on April 28, Reuters reports.
The deal will bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard titles to Nware, a Spanish cloud-gaming platform.
The deal will bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard titles to Nware, a Spanish cloud-gaming platform.
The move comes just days after the Competition
and Markets Authority in Britain blocked
Microsoft's $69 billion deal with Activision. .
The U.K. antitrust regular determined that the deal would stifle competition in cloud gaming.
Microsoft disagrees and hopes
this new deal will help to ease fears.
While it's still early for the emerging
cloud segment in gaming, this new partnership combined with our other recent commitments will make more popular games available
on more cloud game streaming
services than they are today, Brad Smith, Microsoft president, via statement.
Reuters reports that Microsoft has signed similar deals with Valve Corporation, Nvidia and Boosteroid, all of which own streaming platforms. .
Microsoft has also offered rival Sony a 10-year
'Call of Duty' license in an attempt
to quell antitrust concerns. .
Microsoft has also offered rival Sony a 10-year
'Call of Duty' license in an attempt
to quell antitrust concerns. .
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will conduct a hearing on the Activision deal soon.
Europe will make a decision about
the acquisition by May 22