The massive purchasing process between Activision-Blizzard and Microsoft is approaching the end of. This process was filled with intensive legal examinations in important regions such as the US, the European Union and the UK. However, with the provision of temporary approval of the UK regulatory institution Cma, the agreement is expected to result this week.
Diablo 4 and Modern Warfare 3 will not come to Game Pass
This huge deal created a lot of questions on players’ head: when will Activision’s games take place on Xbox Game Pass? Activision stated that in a statement made through Twitter, they will not add their games such as Diablo IV or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in this year. However, as a result of collaboration, he announced that they will review what changes in Xbox Game Pass in 2024.
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III increases. While Microsoft continues to work for the legal approval of the agreement, we receive some questions about the fact that our games will be presented and presented via Game Pass. Although the modern Warfare III or Diablo Iv is not our plan to put on Game Pass this year, we hope to start working with Xbox to bring our games to more players worldwide when the deal is completed. And in the next year we predict that we will start adding games to Game Pass.”
However, we can expect many new games in Xbox Game Pass when the deal is completed according to resources. In the past, Microsoft and Activision achieved a huge user increase by revising Xbox 360 servers for old Call of Duty games. This may mean Microsoft may want to add the old Call of Duty games to Xbox Game Pass.
Call of Duty is a major source of income with a business model based on micro-processing. Game Pass can positively or negatively affect this business model. But we guess that both companies will be careful with this regard.
Finally, the older gaming library of Activision offers many opportunities to add to the Microsoft’s Game Pass catalog. We think many old games from Spyro to Starcraft can soon be placed on Xbox Game Pass. Look forward to seeing what will happen in the next period!