Activision confirms it has "no plans" to bring Modern Warfare 3 or Diablo 4 to Game Pass this year
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Activisionsays it doesn’t plan to bringModern Warfare 3orDiablo 4to Game Pass this year should Microsoft’s $69 billion bid for the company be successful.
It’s been a long and bumpy road, but with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expected to give its final verdict this week,Microsoftcould be mere days away from finalising its purchase ofActivision Blizzard. With the deal now likely to go through, fans have been curious as to whether Activision plans to bring the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Diablo 4 to Game Pass.
In response, Activision has posted a message onTwitterwhich reads, “As we continue to work toward regulatory approval of the Microsoft deal, we’ve been getting some questions whether our upcoming and recently launched games will be available via Game Pass.
“While we do not have plans to put Modern Warfare® III or Diablo IV into Game Pass this year, once the deal closes, we expect to start working with Xbox to bring our titles to more players around the world. And we anticipate that we would begin adding games into Game Pass sometime in the course of next year.”
The CMA has been a huge obstacle for Microsoft, havingmoved to block the acquisition dealback in April. At the time, it stated that should it go through, it would potentially damage competition in the gaming market. In an effort to seal the deal, Microsoft agreed tosell the streaming rights to all Activision Blizzard games - across both PC and console platforms - to Ubisoft. In response, the UK regulator said that this"substantially addresses previous concerns and opens the door to the deal being cleared”.
Want to get caught up on the acquisition saga? Check out ourXbox Activision dealexplainer.
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