Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard will likely harm gamers, the UK’s competition watchdog said Wednesday.

Leaders at Microsoft and Activision announced the$68.7 billion all-cash dealback in January 2022.

“We have provisionally found that this may be the case here.”

“When we say equal, we mean equal.

10 years of parity.

Microsoft will now have several weeks to submit its own suggested remedies to the CMA for review.