2023-10-18 00:27:35
Just days before Microsoft officially acquires Activision Blizzard, the latter said we shouldn’t expect to see their new games added to Game Pass until 2024. Now it’s time for the head of Xbox to clarify things further. Because Phil Spencer dropped by the Official Xbox Podcast for the reboot and spent most of this week’s episode answering questions regarding Activision Blizzard now being part of Xbox Game Studios. This includes questions regarding when we’ll see Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, Diablo IV, Singularity, the Call of Duty games, and all the other great stuff in ABK’s library coming to Game Pass. He basically reiterated what they’ve been saying for a while, and explained why: “There was a great moment when we were finishing Bethesda. We were able to put a bunch of back catalog games and celebrate their history. The truth of the matter is that for Activision Blizzard, the regulatory process took a long time – and frankly, there was a lot of uncertainty regarding the process, and until the week before we closed or the week when the CMA finally made its decision – we mightn’t get into it And working with, in this case, mainly Activision and Blizzard, working in that back catalog. So now that the deal is done, we’re starting that work. But there is work. I think the Activision Twitter handle (… ) did release something regarding 2024. I think that’s accurate. I’d be happy if there was some kind of secret celebration in the next few weeks. No. Of course, when we think regarding the new games there I’ll be straight with people when it comes to this. If we’re going to put them on subscriptions this year, I’ll tell people. I know there’s going to be some disappointment regarding this. Long story short: Don’t expect any major Activision Blizzard titles to be released before 2024 The game is added to Game Pass. However, Spencer was smart and made it clear that the acquisition of ABK will benefit Xbox, PC, mobile and cloud gamers in the long term: “This acquisition is definitely long-term, so in fact, we don’t It’s a little frustrating to have a bunch of games coming to Game Pass on day one, but I’m very excited regarding the future and I just want to set the record straight and tell people this is where we are. Would you like to see basically every Activision Blizzard game added to Game Pass next year, or spread out over a long period of time?
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