New Call of Duty Games Won’t Land On Xbox Game Pass Until 2025

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There has been a ton of attention placed on Microsoft over its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. The deal has yet to go through, as acquiring this company has been anything but smooth. Regulators are still going through the deal, and recently, Microsoft came out with a big win against the FTC. Their trial court case has ended as the judge sided with Microsoft over this deal. That might have sparked some interest in when we’ll start seeing some new Call of Duty titles landing on the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. However, we were already given a heads-up on this during the CMA report.

While Microsoft might have come out with a victory over the FTC, the CMA final report that blocked the deal earlier this year made some notable reveals. For instance, we learned that Microsoft wouldn’t actually see the new Call of Duty games released on the Game Pass subscription service until 2025. It’s a friendly reminder from industry reporter Tom Warren today as the hype built up over the recent court case conclusion. The CMA reported that this is when we would likely see new Call of Duty games on the service when the merger is completed. Likewise, Tom Warren noted that this would line up with the end of Sony’s marketing deals.

if you’re wondering when new Call of Duty games arrive on Xbox Game Pass if the Activision Blizzard deal goes ahead, the CMA previously revealed it’s not until 2025 pic.twitter.com/s8R6wbH8N7

So while we might not see new Call of Duty games released on Game Pass until 2025, that doesn’t mean we won’t see the backlog of titles land on the service beforehand. This should also spark a bit more interest in playing through the past installments and potentially revive some online matchmaking for these games