If you’re an Xbox fan patiently waiting for Call Of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer.DespiteMicrosoftwinning its legal battle with the FTC to get theActivison Blizzarddeal approved, it still hasn’t been finalised as the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is yet to sign-off on the merger.Take a look at the first campaign mission ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIbelow.Xboxis currently in the process ofsecuring a deal with Ubisoftto speed the CMA’s decision along. The deal would hand Xbox streaming rights over to theAssassin’s Creeddeveloper in the UK, hopefully negating the CMA’s concerns over the deal monopolising competition in the UK market.AdvertWhile the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is confident the deal will go ahead as planned, he’s now warning fans that it might be a while before we finally see Activision Blizzard games added to theXbox Game Passlineup.Spencer said: “There is actually work to do to move games to Game Pass. People think the deal closes, and it’s all on Game Pass. That’s not true. It will take us time to get the games on Game Pass.” This means titles likeCall Of Duty,Overwatchand others won’t be joining the lineup anytime soon, but the door is open for them to be added once everything is finished. Xbox has made it abundantly clear that while Call Of Duty is planned to join Game Pass, the serieswon’t become an Xbox exclusive, and has signed a deal with PlayStation tokeep it on multiple platforms.In other news, a new report claimsXbox was bluffingwhen it announced it was consideringpulling Activision Blizzard games from the UK marketto finalise the deal quicker. Insider sources said they never intended to go through it, and were just trying to push the FTC into reacting with a legal battle it wasn’t prepared for.AdvertThis tactic seemingly succeeded, as the FTC was unable to prove the Activision Blizzard deal was harmful to competitors in the gaming market.Featured Image Credit: Activision Blizzard, MicrosoftTopics:Xbox,Call Of Duty,Microsoft,Activision Blizzard
If you’re an Xbox fan patiently waiting for Call Of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer.DespiteMicrosoftwinning its legal battle with the FTC to get theActivison Blizzarddeal approved, it still hasn’t been finalised as the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is yet to sign-off on the merger.Take a look at the first campaign mission ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIbelow.Xboxis currently in the process ofsecuring a deal with Ubisoftto speed the CMA’s decision along. The deal would hand Xbox streaming rights over to theAssassin’s Creeddeveloper in the UK, hopefully negating the CMA’s concerns over the deal monopolising competition in the UK market.AdvertWhile the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is confident the deal will go ahead as planned, he’s now warning fans that it might be a while before we finally see Activision Blizzard games added to theXbox Game Passlineup.Spencer said: “There is actually work to do to move games to Game Pass. People think the deal closes, and it’s all on Game Pass. That’s not true. It will take us time to get the games on Game Pass.” This means titles likeCall Of Duty,Overwatchand others won’t be joining the lineup anytime soon, but the door is open for them to be added once everything is finished. Xbox has made it abundantly clear that while Call Of Duty is planned to join Game Pass, the serieswon’t become an Xbox exclusive, and has signed a deal with PlayStation tokeep it on multiple platforms.In other news, a new report claimsXbox was bluffingwhen it announced it was consideringpulling Activision Blizzard games from the UK marketto finalise the deal quicker. Insider sources said they never intended to go through it, and were just trying to push the FTC into reacting with a legal battle it wasn’t prepared for.AdvertThis tactic seemingly succeeded, as the FTC was unable to prove the Activision Blizzard deal was harmful to competitors in the gaming market.Featured Image Credit: Activision Blizzard, MicrosoftTopics:Xbox,Call Of Duty,Microsoft,Activision Blizzard
If you’re an Xbox fan patiently waiting for Call Of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer.DespiteMicrosoftwinning its legal battle with the FTC to get theActivison Blizzarddeal approved, it still hasn’t been finalised as the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is yet to sign-off on the merger.Take a look at the first campaign mission ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIbelow.Xboxis currently in the process ofsecuring a deal with Ubisoftto speed the CMA’s decision along. The deal would hand Xbox streaming rights over to theAssassin’s Creeddeveloper in the UK, hopefully negating the CMA’s concerns over the deal monopolising competition in the UK market.AdvertWhile the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is confident the deal will go ahead as planned, he’s now warning fans that it might be a while before we finally see Activision Blizzard games added to theXbox Game Passlineup.Spencer said: “There is actually work to do to move games to Game Pass. People think the deal closes, and it’s all on Game Pass. That’s not true. It will take us time to get the games on Game Pass.” This means titles likeCall Of Duty,Overwatchand others won’t be joining the lineup anytime soon, but the door is open for them to be added once everything is finished. Xbox has made it abundantly clear that while Call Of Duty is planned to join Game Pass, the serieswon’t become an Xbox exclusive, and has signed a deal with PlayStation tokeep it on multiple platforms.In other news, a new report claimsXbox was bluffingwhen it announced it was consideringpulling Activision Blizzard games from the UK marketto finalise the deal quicker. Insider sources said they never intended to go through it, and were just trying to push the FTC into reacting with a legal battle it wasn’t prepared for.AdvertThis tactic seemingly succeeded, as the FTC was unable to prove the Activision Blizzard deal was harmful to competitors in the gaming market.
If you’re an Xbox fan patiently waiting for Call Of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer.
DespiteMicrosoftwinning its legal battle with the FTC to get theActivison Blizzarddeal approved, it still hasn’t been finalised as the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is yet to sign-off on the merger.
Take a look at the first campaign mission ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIbelow.
Xboxis currently in the process ofsecuring a deal with Ubisoftto speed the CMA’s decision along. The deal would hand Xbox streaming rights over to theAssassin’s Creeddeveloper in the UK, hopefully negating the CMA’s concerns over the deal monopolising competition in the UK market.
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While the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is confident the deal will go ahead as planned, he’s now warning fans that it might be a while before we finally see Activision Blizzard games added to theXbox Game Passlineup.
Spencer said: “There is actually work to do to move games to Game Pass. People think the deal closes, and it’s all on Game Pass. That’s not true. It will take us time to get the games on Game Pass.” This means titles likeCall Of Duty,Overwatchand others won’t be joining the lineup anytime soon, but the door is open for them to be added once everything is finished. Xbox has made it abundantly clear that while Call Of Duty is planned to join Game Pass, the serieswon’t become an Xbox exclusive, and has signed a deal with PlayStation tokeep it on multiple platforms.
In other news, a new report claimsXbox was bluffingwhen it announced it was consideringpulling Activision Blizzard games from the UK marketto finalise the deal quicker. Insider sources said they never intended to go through it, and were just trying to push the FTC into reacting with a legal battle it wasn’t prepared for.
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This tactic seemingly succeeded, as the FTC was unable to prove the Activision Blizzard deal was harmful to competitors in the gaming market.
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