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Gaming deal block is "darkest day in our four decades in Britain", says Microsoft's boss

Microsoft's president has hit out after the software giant's deal to buy US video game company Activision Blizzard was blocked by UK regulators.

Brad Smith told the BBC that it was Microsoft's "darkest day in our four decades in Britain".

27 April 2023

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