Sony gaming chief pressing Microsoft/Activision concerns on EU antitrust arm
David Becker


The antitrust probes into Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) $69B bid for Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) roll on, as Reuters reports that Sony (NYSE:SONY) gaming chief Jim Ryan met with EU antitrust head Margrethe Vestager Wednesday to discuss the proposed deal.

The European Commission - the antitrust enforcer for the European Union - is set to issue its ruling on the deal by April 11.
This week, though, it's preparing to warn Microsoft about the potential anticompetitive effects of such a combination.
Those would be of a piece with objections lobbied in the UK - where the Competition and Markets Authority has extended its review into late April from early March - and in the United States, where the Federal Trade Commission has sued to stop the transaction.