Xbox CEO reveals bad news for fans that want COD on Game Pass ActivisionXbox CEO Phil Spencer shared unfortunate news for Call of Duty fans, who want the series on Xbox Game Pass immediately after the Activision Blizard acquisition. Microsoft\u2019s nearly $70 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard took a surprising turn on August 22. Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard teamed up for a 15-year deal that will see Call of Duty and many other Activision games, such as Overwatch and Diablo, become available for streaming on the Ubisoft+ streaming subscription service. Ubisoft acknowledged that the agreement does depend on the successful completion of the Activision Blizzard merger. Microsoft won its court case with the Federal Trade Commission, meaning the final obstacle standing in the way is the UK\u2019s competition and market authority. Spencer told Eurogamer that he remains confident in the restructured deal being approved. However, even if the purchase goes through, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean COD will immediately join Xbox\u2019s Game Pass lineup. Will Call of Duty be on Xbox Game Pass In an interview with IGN, Spencer revealed that when the Activision Blizzard deal closes, Call of Duty won\u2019t immediately be on Xbox Game Pass. CharlieIntel shared a snippet from the IGN interview. \u201cThere is actually work to do to move games to Game Pass. People think the deal closes, and it\u2019s all on Game Pass. That\u2019s not true. It will take us time to get the games on Game Pass.\u201d Adding insult to injury, It wasn\u2019t possible for Modern Warfare 3 to be on Game Pass anyway, as CharlieIntel confirmed. PlayStation has had exclusive marketing rights with Call of Duty since 2014, and Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier confirmed PlayStation\u2019s deal runs through at least Modern Warfare 3 in 2023. Microsoft\u2019s landmark acquisition still hangs in the balance, so for complete coverage, make sure to check out our up-to-date guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Xbox CEO reveals bad news for fans that want COD on Game Pass ActivisionXbox CEO Phil Spencer shared unfortunate news for Call of Duty fans, who want the series on Xbox Game Pass immediately after the Activision Blizard acquisition. Microsoft\u2019s nearly $70 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard took a surprising turn on August 22. Ubisoft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}