microsoft activision deal: Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick defends Microsoft’s takeover of the video game-maker
Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick was in court Wednesday defending Microsoft's proposed $69 billion takeover of his video game company against an attempt by federal regulators to block the deal.Kotick told a federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday that there's no incentive to deprive Microsoft gaming rivals like Sony of the popular Activision game Call of Duty, because such a move would alienate the franchise's devoted fanbase.The remarks were meant to undercut a key claim by antitrust enforcers at the US…