Microsoft’s bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard has been given UK approval, eradicating a final hurdle to the biggest-ever gaming deal.

The UK’s regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), stated it gave the go-ahead to after the restructured deal considerably addressed its earlier issues.

Microsoft, who make the Xbox, introduced the largest gaming deal in historical past in early 2022, however the £56bn ($69bn) acquisition was blocked in April by Britain’s competitors regulator.

It was involved the US computing big would acquire an excessive amount of management of the brand new cloud gaming market however adjustments have since been made to the deal.

Last month the regulator appeared to hint the deal would get the go-ahead as French sport maker, Ubisoft, agreed to amass Activision’s cloud gaming rights, slightly than Microsoft.

But there was criticism for Microsoft by the pinnacle of the CMA. “Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with the CMA”, Sarah Cardell, CMA chief govt stated.

“Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn’t work. Dragging out proceedings in this way only wastes time and money.”

Cloud-based video games comparable to Candy Crush are additionally owned by Activision Blizzard.

Regulators in Europe and the United States had given the inexperienced gentle to the merger, which had left the UK watchdog an outlier.