Afederal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators are seeking to ax the deal because they say it will hurt competition.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a ruling that the “FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content.”

[In this case, I’m not rooting for either side. The FTC needs to muscle up on anti-trust efforts to end the concentration of political and economic power, especially in Big Tech, but this may not be the best case for that effort. The FTC is getting politicized as well. Still, it’s impossible to root for Microsoft in any case like this. It would be better if Congress took action to clarify and strengthen anti-trust law and make more clear what can and cannot be done. — Ed]