FTC is Lying About Microsoft/Activision Acquisition? - Inside Games

We are sponsored by Star Trek Fleet Command! Download for free on PC http://bit.ly/startrekpc or on Mobile https://i.try.games/stfc/y6rdla So you're telling me... a lawyer... bent the truth? Support Inside Games! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insidegamesYT YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHQlasvjQ0JMOHoKOz4c0g/join Hosted by: Lawrence: http://twitch.tv/sirlarr | Bruce: http://twitch.tv/brucegreene | Charlotte: http://twitch.tv/whatashow Edited by: ShooklynTV | https://twitter.com/ShooklynTV Written by: Lawrence Sonntag & Brian Gaar | https://www.twitch.tv/briangaar Sources -- [YouTube, Kofi] Phil Spencer seemed upset at The Game Awards - https://bit.ly/3UYLojW [Federal Trade Commission] FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. - https://bit.ly/3jbK0x0 [Federal Trade Comission] Docet No. 9412 COMPLAINT - https://bit.ly/3BGjtOZ [Seeking Alpha] European regulator approved ZeniMax deal without any Microsoft commitments - https://bit.ly/3PwVzek [Reuters] Live Nation, Ticketmaster merge; agree to U.S. terms - https://reut.rs/3hDLMXn [CNN] Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster fiasco ‘excruciating for me’ - https://cnn.it/3FyAfkk [Investopedia] The 5 Biggest Mergers in History - https://bit.ly/3FzYcrs [CBS] Exxon-Mobil Merger Approved - https://cbsn.ws/3uVBHbp [New York Times] Amazon’s Antitrust Antagonist Has a Breakthrough Idea - https://nyti.ms/3EzaS10 [The Verge] Tech antitrust pioneer Lina Khan will officially lead the FTC - https://bloom.bg/3W4alMf [The Verge] Amazon says new FTC chair shouldn’t regulate it because she’s too mean - https://bit.ly/3W6Sc0a [Bloomberg] Microsoft, Once Sure of June 30 Activision Deal Close, Now Won’t Say - https://bloom.bg/3W4alMf [The Verge] EU opens ‘in-depth investigation’ into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition - https://bit.ly/3EWtolp [Reason] The FTC Has No Business Trying To Stop Video Game Company Mergers - https://bit.ly/3jcqfFS [Reuters] Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet - https://reut.rs/3FY5HJT [Twitter, Phil Spencer] https://bit.ly/3jabpj8 [Seeking Alpha] In wake of FTC suit, analysts debate Activision/Microsoft fate - deal or no deal - https://bit.ly/3BIcPaY Music — Switch It Up - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/r_HRbXhOir8 Get Back - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/iQYmgOrPEvs Kula - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/0bywp0qTVNo Funk Down - MK2 https://youtu.be/SPN_Ssgqlzc