While it seems to us that you don't write a $68.7 billion cheque for a games maker which is dull and boring, that is pretty much what Vole told the New Zealand Business Acquisitions and Authorisations Commerce Commission.

Microsoft claimed that no Activision Blizzard game has "unique" characteristics, so its rivals would do well without Activision Blizzard titles and would be able to compete in the gaming market.

"With respect to Activision Blizzard video games, there is nothing unique about the video games developed and published by Activision Blizzard that is a "must have" for rival PC and console video game distributors that could give rise to a foreclosure concern," the company said.