Microsoft forms 10-year cloud-gaming partnership with U.K.’s EE

U.K. mobile network group EE and Microsoft Corp.
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signed a 10-year cloud-gaming partnership, according to representatives from both companies Tuesday. In a tweet Tuesday, Xbox head Phil Spencer said the partnership will bring Activision Blizzard Inc.
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games to EE customers. The partnership follows others Microsoft has formed, like with Nvidia Corp.
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and Nintendo
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on concerns that a closed deal would hamper distribution of Activision Blizzard games to platforms other than Xbox. Microsoft shares fell 1.9% in early activity, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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rose 0.1%, the S&P 500 index
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gained 0.1%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index
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slipped 0.2%.