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CTOnews.com June 21 news, Microsoft's plan to acquire Activision Blizzard has been opposed and blocked by many parties. In addition to the review and litigation by the British government and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a group of players have also filed a lawsuit in court on antitrust grounds. Today, lawyers for these players claimed that they had received an internal Microsoft email proving that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard was aimed at killing Sony PlayStation.

According to Axios, the plaintiff's lawyer submitted the email to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The document said the email was "irrefutable evidence" of Microsoft's intention to drive its main competitor Sony PlayStation out of the gaming market. The email was written by the head of Xbox Game Studio to the chief financial officer of Microsoft's Xbox division, the document said. However, the details of the email were not made public, and it was not clear when it was sent. Lawyers on both sides have been arguing about what should be made public, and Axios reported that according to Microsoft, the controversial email was an "internal communication" that had nothing to do with the case and should be kept secret.

We may never know what this Microsoft email said, and even if we do, it is likely that the plaintiff's lawyer was deliberately misinterpreting the true meaning of the email.

At the same time, the main focus will be the contest between Microsoft and FTC. CTOnews.com previously reported that earlier this month, FTC obtained a temporary injunction against Microsoft from completing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard by July 18. Microsoft and FTC will go to court this week, and the government hopes to impose a preliminary injunction on the deal. Axios said the witness list provided by both sides included Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Sony PlayStation head Jim Ryan, Bethesda Publishing head Peter Hayes, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and others.

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