Xbox Game Pass Plans on Adding Major Activision Blizzard Games, Including Call of Duty

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More and more, it’s looking like Microsoft's monumental purchase of Activision Blizzard is going to go through. There is still the business of gaining approval from regulators across the globe, of course, but Microsoft seems confident that things will work out in its favor and the acquisition will be finalized. Which is why it’s confident in teasing its plans for Activision’s various franchises when it comes to Xbox Game Pass.

As soon as the acquisition was announced earlier this year, people were speculating what this would mean for Xbox’s subscription service. Considering its popularity, it’s pretty much a given that Activision games will be brought to Game Pass if the acquisition goes through, and in a message on Microsoft’s website, Xbox head Phil Spencer stated as much. He brought up how the company intends to make “Activision Blizzard’s much-loved library of games” available on the service in order to make them accessible to a wider audience.

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Spencer was a little more vague when it came to naming specific games, however, merely saying Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch are planned for Game Pass. That’s still good news for Xbox-owning fans of those franchises, but it fails to provide details many have been eager to learn, like how long it will take for Call of Duty to be added to Game Pass, or which games will be added. There’s also the question of other Activision Blizzard franchises that weren’t mentioned being included, like Warcraft, StarCraft, Crash Bandicoot, etc.

Then again, it’s likely those are questions that can’t be answered in greater detail until the acquisition is finalized, and to reiterate, whether that happens will hinge on whether