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		</div><p>Microsoft and British regulators have sought more time from a court as the US tech company uses a rare second chance to overcome opposition to its 69 billion dollar (£52.7 billion) bid for video game maker Activision Blizzard.</p>
<p>Lawyers for Microsoft and the Competition and Markets Authority tried to persuade a judge to delay a hearing planned after the CMA rejected the deal and Microsoft appealed.</p>
<p>The regulator later gave Microsoft more time to make its case for the blockbuster purchase of the Call Of Duty game maker to go through.</p>
<p>The deal has already won approval in the European Union and a slew of countries but has faced opposition from antitrust regulators in Britain and the United States.</p>
<p>The UK blocked the deal on concerns that it would stifle competition in the small but fast-growing cloud gaming market.</p>
<p>Its position, however, appears to be softening.</p>
<p>The watchdog said last week that it is giving itself six extra weeks to consider Microsoft’s submission outlining new developments and “special reasons” why the deal should be approved.</p>
<p>Both sides had said they were asking the Competition Appeal Tribunal for the delay after a court in the US thwarted the Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to stop the acquisition.</p>
<p>Judge Marcus Smith indicated he would scrutinise the “troubling application” to delay the appeal after an earlier request was denied.</p>
<p>Judge Smith said he wanted assurances from the Competition and Markets Authority that the FTC’s failure to block the deal played no part in its reasoning for requesting a delay to give Microsoft another chance.</p>
<p>Another sign that momentum for the deal is growing came on Sunday when Microsoft said it has signed a 10-year agreement with Sony to keep the popular Call Of Duty video game series on the PlayStation console if the merger goes through.</p>
<p>The Call Of Duty series of games, made by Activision, has been a flashpoint in the battle over the acquisition.</p>
<p>Sony has fiercely resisted the deal by Microsoft, which makes the Xbox console, over worries that it would lose access to Call Of Duty.</p>
<p>As it tried to win over regulators around the world, Microsoft has been signing provisional deals to license Activision titles such as Call Of Duty to Nintendo and some cloud gaming providers.</p>
<p>Sony had been holding out until now.</p>
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