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TBD | Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Takeover

Since Microsoft announced its bid to buy Activision Blizzard last year, regulators around the world sounded the alarm that the merger would suppress competition in the industry. 

Now that the deal has officially gone through, should gamers be worried? 

Guest: Jason Schreier, covering the video game industry for Bloomberg

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