Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard was heard in advance by the court.

Xinhua News Agency, May 31, British Judge Marcus Smith said that the court could hear Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard at least a few weeks earlier than the British antitrust regulator had hoped. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) argued that it was neither realistic nor fair to hear the case so soon and urged a hearing at the end of September or October.