The lawsuit brought by gamers against Microsoft has finally met its end. Both sides have requested that the case be dismissed without the possibility of re-filing.

Microsoft has settled the antitrust lawsuit from players attempting to block its acquisition of Activision Blizzard

The lawsuit from gamers across multiple states claimed that Microsoft could cancel premium video game titles and raise prices.

It has been one year since Microsoft finally acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn, making history as the biggest company buyout in the video games industry

October 13 marked a full year since the Microsoft and Activision merger was closed. Since then, it's been an undeniably tough year for Microsoft's gaming staff, with a huge wave of around 1,900 layoffs in January followed by reports of a further 650 job cuts in September.

Microsoft settled on Monday an antitrust lawsuit contesting its $69 billion dollar acquisition deal to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in court documents obtained by TheWrap.

Microsoft has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by gamers over the Activision Blizzard deal. The lawsuit, which was filed in California in 2022 attempted to argue that the merger would create a monopoly in the gaming, subscription service, and cloud gaming space.