Sources: Microsoft will likely soon offer the EU concessions regarding the Activision deal; source: the main remedy would be a 10-year licensing deal to Sony (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the Microsoft-Activision deal, including whether Microsoft will block rivals’ access to Activision’s games  —  EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft (MSFT.O) will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Filing: European Commission sets a provisional November 8 deadline to complete the review of Microsoft’s proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition  —  EU antitrust regulators will decide by Nov. 8 whether to clear Microsoft Corp’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of “Call of Duty” …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in 2023 as regulators grow frustrated over slow settlement talks  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a full-scale investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition  —  U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is set to face a setback in its $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware (VMW.N) with EU antitrust regulators poised to open …

Samuel Stolton / Politico:
Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal after Microsoft opted not to file remedies to antitrust enforcers  —  The European Commission is set to launch an in-depth investigation into Microsoft’s record $69 billion splash …

Samuel Stolton / Politico:
Sources: EU antitrust regulators are preparing to send Meta a “statement of objections” over possibly leveraging its social network to boost Marketplace  —  EU antitrust enforcers are preparing to send Facebook a list of charges over the U.S. firm’s anti-competitive abuses …