No Activision or Blizzard games will come to Xbox Game Pass this year, Phil Spencer says
Oct. 17, 2023Spencer says a Game Pass drop couldn’t be arranged due to the prolonged regulatory process
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Activision Blizzardgames won’t be coming to Xbox Game Pass until next year due to delays caused bythe acquisition’s lengthy, freshly concluded regulatory process.
Phil Spencer, Xbox boss and CEO ofMicrosoft’s gaming arm, confirmed as much in the latestepisodeof the official Xbox podcast.
The statement Spencer’s seemingly referring toconfirmed that Activision does “not have plansto put [Call of Duty] Modern Warfare III or Diablo 4 into Game Pass this year.” However, this statement preceded the actual closure of the deal, and that was all Activision said at the time, only adding that “once the deal closes, we expect to start working with Xbox to bring our titles to more players around the world.” Spencer’s comments have now ruled out any Activision Blizzard games from hitting Game Pass this year.
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