Twenty-one months after Microsoft shocked the industry with the announcement of its record-breaking $68.7 billion purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard King (ABK), the tech giant has passed the final (meaningful) regulatory hurdle to the largest acquisition in its history, just as Netflix comes knocking on the door of the cloud gaming world. Contrary to what the merger’s critics may believe, Microsoft has not been handed dominion over the small field that is cloud gaming, which as of 2022 represents 1% of the global gaming market. If nothing, regulatory scrutiny over the deal proves there is significant interest in the sector, with novel players too, as recently demonstrated by Netflix. The streaming titan revealed in a blog post this…