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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 video game. Signage for Activision Blizzard Inc. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 video game.Photographer: Troy Harvey/Bloomberg By Katharine Gemmell +Follow April 26, 2023, 11:03 AM UTCUpdated onApril 26, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC Listen to this article 3:38 Share this article Copied Gift this article Subscriber Benefit Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Subscribe Sign In Follow the authors @kathgemm + Get alerts forKatharine Gemmell Follow us at @BloombergUK and on Facebook, and wrap up your day with The Readout newsletter with Allegra Stratton. Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. was vetoed by Britain's antitrust watchdog, in a potentially fatal blow for the gaming industry's biggest ever deal. 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