Boost for Ubisoft as Microsoft Concedes Cloud Streaming Rights
- The deal is aimed to win over the UK’s competition watchdog
- CMA to review the restructured Microsoft-Activision deal
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Ubisoft Entertainment SA shares rose the most since February after Microsoft Corp. offered the French video game publisher some cloud-streaming rights in order to complete its takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.
The deal grants Ubisoft exclusive streaming rights outside of the European Economic Area of all Activision Blizzard titles, including Call of Duty, for the next 15 years, Ubisoft announced in a statement on Tuesday. Inside the bloc, Ubisoft gets non-exclusive streaming rights to the same titles.