Microsoft Says It Has No Concept When Name of Obligation Got here Out

An nameless reader shares a report: One yr in the past this month, Microsoft introduced it could spend $68.7 billion to amass Activision Blizzard, highlighting how it could get “iconic franchises” together with Name of Obligation, Warcraft and Sweet Crush for that price. However now that avid gamers and regulators are worrying Microsoft may preserve Name of Obligation from showing on Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s attorneys are out of the blue pretending they don’t know why Name of Obligation is particular. And even when it got here out, for that matter.

As Matt Stoller notes, the corporate’s 37-page reply to the FTC lawsuit searching for to dam the Activision Blizzard deal consists of this laughable passage: “Microsoft avers that it lacks data or info ample to kind a perception as to the reality of the allegations regarding business perceptions of Name of Obligation and Name of Obligation’s authentic launch date; or as to the reality of the allegations regarding Name of Obligation’s launch and typical launch schedule and the assets and funds Activision allocates to Name of Obligation, together with the variety of studios that work on Name of Obligation.”