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The $68.7 billion gaming mega-merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is facing in-depth competition scrutiny in the European Union. EU regulators had been taking a preliminary look at the proposed deal, after the transaction was notified to the bloc's regulators at the end of September.
moderately negative