Xbox commits to bringing COD to Nintendo and Steam for 10 years if it acquires Activision Blizzard
Microsoft has committed to releasing Call of Duty games on Nintendo platforms and Steam for the next 10 years if its successfully acquires Activision Blizzard, Phil Spencer has stated.
The Xbox boss took to Twitter to make the claims, saying: “Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King.”
He added: “ Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people – however they choose to play.”
Spencer then followed this up with a second tweet making a similar commitment to PC players.
“I’m also pleased to confirm that Microsoft has committed to continue to offer Call of Duty on Steam simultaneously to Xbox after we have closed the merger with Activision Blizzard King,” he wrote.
The last Call of Duty game released on a Nintendo system was the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts, which was released in 2013 and allowed players to use a Wii Remote to aim with motion controls.
Spencer did not state in which year he expected the first Microsoft-published Call of Duty to appear on a Nintendo platform.
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Spencer also spoke toThe Washington Post about the commitment, and was asked about the potential timeframe for Call of Duty to return to Nintendo.
Referring to the June 2023 date the merger is supposed to close (assuming it isn’t blocked by regulators), Spencer replied: “You can imagine if [the deal] closed on that date, starting to do development work to make that happen would likely take a little bit of time.
“Once we get into the rhythm of this, our plan would be that when [a Call of Duty game] launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, that
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