"We’re confident in our case because the facts are on our side: this deal is good for competition," says Bobby Kotick.
The decision "rejects a pragmatic path to address competition concerns and discourages technology innovation and investment in the UK,” said Microsoft.
The authority the deal would "would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market," leading to "less choice for UK gamers."
Check out details about the latest World Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator, which brings Oceanic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula to the game.
Over 100 new items to craft, Base Coziness for new recipes and buffs, and a new boss, the Wasp Queen, also await in the update.
The Financial Times reports that the UK's Competition and Markets Authority is likely to approve the $69 billion acquisition.
Dead Island 2 is the year's third-biggest release in the UK. Meanwhile, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp debuts in third place.
The FTC specifically subpoenaed Nintendo of America's Steve Singer for up to seven hours of testimony regarding the deal.
The track will be fully explorable in free roam for the High Performance series only, but will also be permanently added as a race route to the game.
Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios have yet to announce a specific release date for the highly anticipated racing sim sequel.
Xbox users will now have to make use of the Xbox mobile app to share their screenshots and clips to Twitter.
An Xbox game from a major franchise that is currently in the works may take as long as a decade to fully develop, Microsoft has said.
"We couldn’t be happier with what the team at Tango Gameworks delivered with this surprise release," says VP of Xbox Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg.
Tango Gameworks' widely acclaimed rhythm action title "hasn't made the money it needed to make," according to journalist Jeff Grubb.
As an author and cryptid hunter, Devinder is plenty familiar with mysterious enigmas, and invents his own weapons to fight against them.
The action strategy title is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch. It's also on Game Pass.
Microsoft has unveiled the full list of games that will be added to the Game Pass catalog as part of its Wave 2 lineup for April.
Despite its initial 30 frames per second offering, Redfall is set to provide a unique experience for action shooting fans.
The LinkedIn profile of a former employee claims one of the studio's upcoming projects is a new game in an "established" franchise.
Bethesda and Microsoft apparently won't be selling upcoming space-faring open world RPG Starfield in Russia.
