Microsoft announced its second major acquisition of a video game publisher on Tuesday morning: “Call of Duty” and “Diablo” publisher Activision plans to sell to Microsoft …
Microsoft announced its second major acquisition of a video game publisher on Tuesday morning: “Call of Duty” and “Diablo” publisher Activision plans to sell to Microsoft for an estimated $68.7 billion in an all-cash deal. Among the many reasons for the purchase, Microsoft wants to bring Activision’s game library into its Netflix -like video game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass. “Upon close, we will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from Activision Blizzard’s incredible catalog,” Xbox leader Phil Spencer said in a blog post published on Tuesday morning. While it’s not entirely clear which, if any, Activision Blizzard games will be launched as Xbox exclusives in the future, the tens of millions of “Call of Duty” players on Sony’s PlayStation 4 and 5 can rest easy.
