Gamers once again repressed by the state as judge throws out lawsuit against Activision acquisition

It’s not been a bad week for Microsoft. Not only has the UK Competition and Markets Authority decided that, actually, it doesn’t have a problem (opens in new tab) with the Xbox-maker taking ownership of Call of Duty at all, but now GamesRadar reports that the dread hand of a California judge has thrown out a so-called “Gamers’ Lawsuit” against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. 

The Gamers’ Lawsuit was brought against Microsoft by a group of ten Call of Duty fans (opens in new tab) in December last year. Echoing arguments that have also been voiced by the US Federal Trade Commission (opens in new tab), they said that Activision was one of “only several independent game publishers in the world that are capable of making the highest production quality and most graphics-intensive videogames,” and that any consolidation of those companies would invariably have a negative impact on videogame players.