They asked if such exclusivity clauses would reinforce Microsoft’s Windows operating system versus rivals, and whether the addition of Activision to its PC operating system, cloud computing services and game-related software tools gives it an advantage in the video gaming industry.

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Whittaker has only ever lost two fights at middleweight in the UFC and both of them were to his heated rival Israel Adesanya. He believes he can win the third – he just needs to keep running up victories in the meantime to get a title shot.

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BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to «Call of Duty» maker Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters.

The EU competition enforcer also asked if Activision’s trove of user data would give the U.S. software giant a competitive advantage in the development, publishing and distribution of computer and console games, the EU document shows.

It has been nearly seven months since the former UFC middleweight champion lost to rival Israel Adesanya in a very close fight – and the 31-year-old Aussie is excited to step back in the Octagon and remind the world why he’s the No.1 contender.

The questionnaire, with about 100 questions, asked which of the rivals such as Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Sony’s Playstation, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and Facebook Gaming could be considered the most attractive following the deal.

The practice was condemned as ‘painful, and potentially harmful’ by Dr Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics in an interim review of trans children’s services for the NHS, published this February.

A spokesman for the Charity Commission said: ‘In general, allegations involving vulnerable young people are serious in nature and our guidance is clear – safeguarding should be a core priority for all charities and trustees.

Games developers, publishers and distributors were asked whether the deal would affect their bargaining power regarding the terms for selling console and PC games via Microsoft’s Xbox and its cloud game streaming service Game Pass.

Gamers have decided to boycott a new Harry Potter release in an ‘anti-Semitism’ row over its ‘Goblin Rebellion’ plot which offers players the chance to battle ‘oppressed race who are fighting against their own slavery’.

Regulators also wanted to know if there would be sufficient alternative suppliers in the market following the deal and also in the event Microsoft decides to make Activision’s games exclusively available on its Xbox, its Pkv Games Pass and its cloud game streaming services.

The situation started to resolve the day after launch, but it was a difficult start for the game. In a «known issues» blog post on Oct. 6, a Blizzard community manager posted in Blizzard forums that the game would be undergoing planned downtime for an hour at 3 p.m. PT to fix bugs. Servers will be down again for approximately three hours starting at 6 p.m. PT. «We’re conducting significant upgrades to our databases to address player queues. Players won’t be able to access the servers during this time,» the blog post said.

‘Mermaids takes a harm reduction position with the understanding that providing a young person with a binder and comprehensive safety guidelines from an experienced member of staff is preferable to the likely alternative of unsafe practices and/or continued or increasing dysphoria.

‘The game where the player suppresses an uprising of an oppressed race who are pushing back against their own disenfranchisement, disarmament, slavery, and murder, in order to maintain the supremacy of the dominant culture. 

PlayStation has told gamers that they will be able to ‘decide the fate’ of the magical universe, and will ‘encounter missions and scenarios that will pose difficult choices and determine what they stand for’.

Meanwhile, Wagamama is currently running a similar fundraiser, according to its website which states 25p from every power juice sold will be donated to Mermaids along with 20 per cent of its profits from their bespoke menu. 

On chest binding, they told MailOnline: ‘Some trans masculine, non-binary and gender diverse people experience bodily dysphoria, as a result of their chest, and binding, for some, helps alleviate that distress.

A note on the game’s website says: ‘JK Rowling is not involved in the creation of the game, but as creator of the wizarding world and one of the world’s greatest storytellers, her extraordinary body of writing is the foundation of all projects in the Wizarding World.