Back at the beginning of the year, Microsoft shocked many with its $70 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard. The deal still hasn't been finalized, and likely won't until June 2023--the end of their fiscal year--but the Xbox brand still continues to excitedly hype up the acquisition. CEO Phil Spencer wrote an open letter today, discussing how Microsoft plans to treat the brand, once the deal is completed. As stated in the past, and reiterated once more, Activision Blizzard games that were always multiplatform, such as Call of Duty, will remain on PlayStation, and platforms that compete with Xbox, in order to extend the reach of their acquired franchises.

Phil Spencer also mentioned that once Activision Blizzard is Xbox's, gamers can expect to see titles like Overwatch, Diablo, and even Call of Duty, available on Game Pass, bolstering the staggering lineup that the service already offers. Mobile gaming will additionally be a focus of the company, as they see it, combined with their cloud technology, as a major source of new customers.

We intend to make Activision Blizzard’s much-loved library of games – including Overwatch, Diablo and Call of Duty – available in Game Pass and to grow those gaming communities. By delivering even more value to players, we hope to continue growing Game Pass, extending its appeal to mobile phones and any connected device.

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[sombrerosonic]

Burn ActiBlizz, Burn and fucking die off. your worse than square enix and Ubisoft

 

[Xzi]

Will there even be anything left of the company by the time the buyout goes through? Seems like ActiBlizz is intent to burn itself to the ground as fast as they possibly can right now.

 

[trepp0]

I can’t wait to Watch them burn lmao. They deserve every bit of it.

 

[Reploid]

Byebye soony, nobody gonna miss ya

 

[JFizDaWiz]

add WoW to gamepass and get rid of the $15/month sub for WoW and I'll fucking start playing that again. It's been 15 years

 

[lordofcombo]

Funny is that some of you believe this,it might be true until 2024 but after that no more games,nothing forces them to do so.Mark my words...

 

[Alagara]

I'll get excited when they release the Vigilante 8 trilogy.

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Will there even be anything left of the company by the time the buyout goes through? Seems like ActiBlizz is intent to burn itself to the ground as fast as they possibly can right now.

I imagine the IPs will be left.

 

[Delerious]

Still got another year before the deal gets finalized. Should it go through, I only hope that MS purges upper management and gives the devs more creative freedom and the time to do what they need to do in order to make their products good again. Hopefully Warcraft 3 can one day be the remake it should have been under MS, given they can apply some of the same lessons learned from AOE2: DE.

 

[CoolMe]

I want to see some new IPs. None of those interest me apart from Diablo..

 

[stanleyopar2000]

cool, maybe we'll get Diablo IV day 1 on gamepass.

 

[CeeDee]

Frankly the most important part isn't what console the games will be on, it's that Microsoft kicks Kotick out and takes action on the absolutely awful workplace culture they've got there

 

[Marc_LFD]

"Candy Crush"

Leave that shit on phones/tablets. :-|

 

[kcajjones]

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Back at the beginning of the year, Microsoft shocked many with its $70 million buyout of Activision Blizzard. The deal still hasn't been finalized, and likely won't until June 2023--the end of their fiscal year--but the Xbox brand still continues to excitedly hype up the acquisition. CEO Phil Spencer wrote an open letter today, discussing how Microsoft plans to treat the brand, once the deal is completed. As stated in the past, and reiterated once more, Activision Blizzard games that were always multiplatform, such as Call of Duty, will remain on PlayStation, and platforms that compete with Xbox, in order to extend the reach of their acquired franchises.

Phil Spencer also mentioned that once Activision Blizzard is Xbox's, gamers can expect to see titles like Overwatch, Diablo, and even Call of Duty, available on Game Pass, bolstering the staggering lineup that the service already offers. Mobile gaming will additionally be a focus of the company, as they see it, combined with their cloud technology, as a major source of new customers.



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70 million? You mean 70 billion right?!

 

[City]

70 million? You mean 70 billion right?!

She probably meant the actual value of the company

 

[LightBeam]

Maybe at the beginning, they surely won't say that the games are becoming exclusives because it will make people even more worried than they are right now (even tho it's not really such a big deal), they will just have to calculate if it's worth loosing playstation sales if it brings new xbox and gamepass players.

But WoW on Gamepass ?? I really don't know if they will do that ... My guess is that we will still have to buy expansions just like we still have to buy DLCs for gamepass games, probably ? But that would still be pretty great. That's why I can't get into FF XIV, I would love to play it but I just won't pay 12€ a month for a single game

 

[diggeloid]

I wonder what they would say if the US and UK regulators weren't actively investigating this merger

 

[swabbo]

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Back at the beginning of the year, Microsoft shocked many with its $70 million buyout of Activision Blizzard.



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It was 70 billion

 

[fdyyt]

Burn ActiBlizz, Burn and fucking die off. your worse than square enix and Ubisoft

I can’t wait to Watch them burn lmao. They deserve every bit of it.

Byebye soony, nobody gonna miss ya

Why do you all hate Activision blizzard so much?