The "Gamer's Lawsuit" against Microsoft is back, and Sony is helping

Less than a month after it was dismissed, the "Gamer's Lawsuit" is back. The gamers suing to block the Xbox Activision deal have filed an amended complaint, bolstered with additional information provided by Sony.

You'd be forgiven if you've lost track of which lawsuit is which in the myriad efforts to block Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Gamer's Lawsuit was filed in December 2022 on behalf of 10 seemingly random game fans arguing that the acquisition would be bad for the public, not just Microsoft's industry competitors. A judge dismissed the suit in March, saying that it failed to "plausibly allege" that the merger would have anticompetitive effects.

With that in mind, the suit has now been amended and refiled. The plaintiffs were unable to convince Nintendo and Sony's CEOs to testify here, but Sony was willing to produce a number of documents related to the case. In an April 7 filing (via TweakTown), Microsoft noted that it was "surprised" that the plaintiffs "received document productions from Sony weeks ago."