When is Call of Duty coming to Game Pass?

polygon.com:

Microsoft has now completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and taken ownership of a raft of huge gaming properties, not least among them Activision’s Call of Duty series. Microsoft is now theoretically free to add all Activision Blizzard games to its Game Pass subscription service on Xbox and PC. With the release of of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Nov. 10 edging ever closer, it’s natural to wonder when Call of Duty games — this latest installment in particular — will hit Game Pass.

Fortunately, we already have a partial answer. Activision Blizzard, moving to get ahead of speculation before the completion of the deal, said on Oct. 9 that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and its other big 2023 release, Diablo 4, won’t be added to Game Pass “this year.” But the company does plan to begin adding games to Game Pass in 2024.

“As we continue to work toward regulatory approval of the Microsoft deal, we’ve been getting some questions whether our upcoming and recently launched games will be available via Game Pass,” Activision Blizzard posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).

“While we do not have plans to put Modern Warfare III or Diablo IV into Game Pass this year, once the deal closes, we expect to start working with Xbox to bring our titles to more players around the world. And we anticipate that we would begin adding games into Game Pass sometime in the course of next year.”

It’s awesome to see anticipation building for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III. As we continue to work toward regulatory approval of the Microsoft deal, we’ve been getting some questions whether our upcoming and recently launched games will be available via Game Pass.

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