No Activision Blizzard Games On Xbox Game Pass Until 2024, Phil Spencer Confirms

Eddie Makuch
10/18/2023

As was widely expected, Xbox fans should not expect any Activision Blizzard King games to appear on Xbox Game Pass until 2024. When Microsoft closed its blockbuster deal to buy the Call of Duty giant this month, some thought Microsoft might put some ABK games on Game Pass right away, but that's not going to be the case.Appearing on the Xbox podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said Microsoft was not able to do the work to get any ABK games on Game Pass until the deal closed. That only just happened, so Microsoft is now "starting the work," Spencer said, according to The Verge. Activision's own statement on the matter, which was released before the deal closed, confirmed that Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV will not come to Game Pass in 2023. The company said it anticipates its games coming to Game Pass "sometime in the course of [2024]."Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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