Microsoft confirms plans to bring Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch to Xbox Game Pass

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Microsoft confirms plans to bring Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch to Xbox Game Pass
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Since January, the revelation of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has shaken the gaming market. The deal was announced by US$ 68.7 billion (~R$ 371 billion)the largest in the technology industry to date.

The company confirmed that it intends to bring franchises like Call of Duty, Diablo and Overwatch to Xbox Game Pass once the deal is finalized.

In a text on the official Microsoft blog, the head of the Xbox division, Phil Spencer, came to clarify some details about the purchase of Activision Blizzard and how it will influence the gaming market.

Spencer confirms that Microsoft intends to make Activision Blizzard’s biggest franchises, such as Call of Duty, Diablo and Warcraft, available on Xbox Game Pass, aiming at the growth of these games’ communities.

He also stresses that the company aims to bring more games to mobile platforms through Xbox Cloud Gaming and that Activision Blizzard will help fulfill that desire, with its experience being a huge differentiator in the market.

Spencer also took the opportunity to reinforce the importance of Xbox Game Pass, saying it makes games more accessible to users around the world. According to him, Microsoft’s intention is that the service catalog continues to grow.

In recent weeks, Sony has expressed concern about a possible exclusivity of Call of Duty on Xbox. Phil Spencer responds that the deal is not intended to stop people playing their favorite titles on their preferred platform, also nodding to Organs regular bodies, which are looking at whether the acquisition would harm competition.

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