Phil Spencer Clears The Air About Activision Blizzard Coming To Game Pass

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There’s been plenty of excitement over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We’ve been watching the back and forth on this purchase for what felt like ages. Microsoft had to appease the different regulators to ensure they could proceed with this purchase. However, it wasn’t until recently that the company received the last approval required to go forward. The CMA gave the thumbs up, and now Activision Blizzard’s merger deal is finalized, and the massive names in the video game industry are now under the control of Microsoft. With that said, there were plenty of rumors and speculation that we would start seeing some games like the Call of Duty franchise on Xbox Game Pass. That’s not going to be the case for a little while.

If you were hopeful that Microsoft would at least go back and deliver some past Call of Duty games onto Xbox Game Pass for October, prepare for disappointment. It was speculated that some Call of Duty games would be available through the second-wave offerings for the month of October. As you might already be aware, each month, there is a selection of video game titles added to Xbox Game Pass. With Microsoft closing on the acquisition deal prior to wave two for this month, it was speculated we would see some of the games from Activision Blizzard show up even if they were not the most recent title releases. After all, it wasn’t long after the Zenimax Media purchase that Microsoft brought some of its games into the service.

Unfortunately, the second wave came with no Activision Blizzard titles featured on the list. Furthermore, we waited around for a potential surprise drop afterward in case these games would show up outside of the wave two reveal. Again, that didn’t happen, and now, thanks to