The U.S. has threatened to pursue antitrust enforcement action against Microsoft over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard

The software giant — which has a market capitalization of over $2.5 trillion — said it received a second request for information from the US Federal Trade Commission. Such a request is “a normal” further step in the process, and the company is expected to comply with it. In its filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Microsoft said the request expands the amount of information it already needs to supply to the FTC. It also extends the time it has to hand over that information, with the new deadline now set for “on or before December 20, 2022.”<br><br>The acquisition will add Activision Blizzard’s 400 million monthly active users to Microsoft’s 250 million active users, making it the third largest gaming company in the world by revenue behind Tencent (its largest competitor in the PC market) and Sony.<br><br>&#x200B;