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CTOnews.com, June 21, the latest court documents show that Microsoft criticized Sony for not testifying in person in the FTC case related to Activision's Blizzard acquisition.

Last week, a US judge temporarily blocked Microsoft's deal with Activision Blizzard, while the court is considering a preliminary injunction. The court will hold preliminary hearings on the preliminary injunction later today and full hearings tomorrow and June 29.

A new court document reveals the witnesses that FTC and Microsoft / Activision Blizzard will call at the hearing. The document contains the names of several key executives from various parties, including NVIDIA's Phil Eisler, Bethesda's Pete Hines, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox head Phil Spencer, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, Xbox Game Studios Head Matt Booty, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and Playstation boss Jim Ryan.

While most of the witnesses will testify in person, several will be present by video, including Sony SIE's Jim Ryan.

"the plaintiff asked Mr. Ryan to testify by video to answer questions about antitrust markets, competition in the gaming industry, high-performance and broader game console markets, cloud games, game subscription services, the impact of the proposed acquisition, and any topics he has testified before." the defendant asked Mr. Ryan to answer questions about the gaming industry through video testimony. Including console games, subscription games, cloud games, mobile games Negotiations between Sonny and Xbox on the distribution of Activision content, as well as any topics on which he has testified before. " The plaintiff's questions (including direct and cross) for 45 minutes. The defendant's question (including direct and cross) for 60 minutes. "

Interestingly, in a statement to The Verge and other media, a Microsoft spokesman directly criticized Jim Ryan for not testifying in person.

"unlike Sony, our top executives will personally appear in court to answer any questions about our business strategy," said David Cuddy, general manager of Microsoft Public Affairs. "this deal means more options for players, and the more carefully you study the case, the more you can see it."

It is worth mentioning that Ryan is not the only witness who refuses to testify in person-NVIDIA's Phil Eisler and Jeff Fisher and Nintendo's Steve Singer will also testify via video.

It is worth mentioning that 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.

For now, however, 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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