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With Microsoft having revealed its intention to acquire ZeniMax and Bethesda in 2020, it’s worth remembering that the deal hasn’t entirely gone through yet. With such a massive acquisition, there’s a lot of business and formality that has to take place first. One such matter of business is clearance under concerns of antitrust regulation. Microsoft is still waiting for said clearance in Europe, and could see a decision by early March 2021.
The official deadline of ruling for Microsoft’s ZeniMax/Bethesda deal was recently announced by EU executives, as reported by Reuters. According to said reports, EU antitrust regulators will make a decision on whether to clear Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax/Bethesda by March 5, 2021. Depending on the ruling, the deal could see concessions added, or a full-scale investigation could be launched if the matter is deemed concerning enough to warrant such action. Either way, the ruling will have major implications for how quic