Activision CEO appeals to U.K. to approve Microsoft deal, FT reports

Activision (ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick says the U.K. could lose out on thousands of jobs by blocking the company’s acquisition by Microsoft (MSFT), The Financial Times’ Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Patrick Temple-West report. In an interview with the FT, Kotick also accused Sony (SONY) of "trying to sabotage" the $75B takeover. The CMA "seem like they’ve been co-opted by the FTC ideology, and not really using independent thought, or thinking about how this transaction would positively impact the UK," Kotick said. Regarding Sony, Kotick said "I think this is all Sony just trying to sabotage the transaction… The whole idea that we are not going to support a PlayStation or that Microsoft would not support the PlayStation, it is absurd." Reference Link