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Microsoft Owns Activision Blizzard

It's mad to see Microsoft buy-out Activision Blizzard could this be start of new things.. i mean they already fixed matchmaking and old cod's have 100k+ playing no long waiting queues is this good or nah i'm intrigued.

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"Update #3 [Sun 16th Jul, 2023 16:30 BST]: Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer today confirmed a binding agreement with Sony has been made to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The timeframe of this deal hasn't been revealed yet.

"We are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games."

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith also mentioned how the acquisition was getting closer to the finish line:

"From Day One of this acquisition, we’ve been committed to addressing the concerns of regulators, platform and game developers, and consumers. Even after we cross the finish line for this deal’s approval, we will remain focused on ensuring that Call of Duty remains available on more platforms and for more consumers than ever before.""

Follow up here
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/0...n-blizzard


This is very intriguing for those who play / enjoy call of duty this could bring some interesting things our way as gamers.
(Jul 16, 2023 05:54 PM)Sox Wrote:  I was following CharieINTEL's Twitter thread earlier regarding all this.

Major props to XBox (Microsoft), and I'm happy they finally came to an agreement with Sony.. Only took 18 months.

My honest takeaway, XBox doesn't care what platform you play on.. They want everyone to be able to play together. Big W.

Microsoft has the funds and the backing to take Call of Duty to a whole new level i think, So good things could come out of thi,s
(Jul 16, 2023 02:23 PM)Stunner Wrote:  "From Day One of this acquisition, we’ve been committed to addressing the concerns of regulators, platform and game developers, and consumers. Even after we cross the finish line for this deal’s approval, we will remain focused on ensuring that Call of Duty remains available on more platforms and for more consumers than ever before."

According to Phil Spencer's twitter CoD will be staying on Playstation. So the whole "We want to make CoD on more platforms" is out the window is it not? Slightly confusing.
Nice, might hop on all the old cods and derank everyone just to be a really nice guy.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:13 AM)spiral Wrote:  Nice, might hop on all the old cods and derank everyone just to be a really nice guy.

Hahaha i remember those day's MW3 was hella funny for that.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:19 AM)Stunner Wrote:  Hahaha i remember those day's MW3 was hella funny for that.

im gonna download all the cods on my rgh later and do it. god bless microsoft for allowing me to piss a new generation of kids off again
(Jul 17, 2023 02:26 AM)spiral Wrote:  im gonna download all the cods on my rgh later and do it. god bless microsoft for allowing me to piss a new generation of kids off again

Im more suprised they fixed Call of duty 4 and you can actually find a game now.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:30 AM)Stunner Wrote:  Im more suprised they fixed Call of duty 4 and you can actually find a game now.

Gotta get that gamepass money some how..
(Jul 17, 2023 02:31 AM)spiral Wrote:  Gotta get that gamepass money some how..

Imagine though in 2025 call of duty's go on gamepass, Would be earlier but Playstation deal stops it.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:31 AM)Stunner Wrote:  Imagine though in 2025 call of duty's go on gamepass, Would be earlier but Playstation deal stops it.

Pretty sure old ones can go on just the latest one and the next release can’t go on gamepass yet, but after end of 2024 the new cods can be day one on gamepass.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:34 AM)spiral Wrote:  Pretty sure old ones can go on just the latest one and the next release can’t go on gamepass yet, but after end of 2024 the new cods can be day one on gamepass.

it's gonna be absolute fire, I mean i wonder what they'll bring to PC gamers.
(Jul 17, 2023 02:39 AM)Stunner Wrote:  it's gonna be absolute fire, I mean i wonder what they'll bring to PC gamers.

I hope they'll get added to xcloud that would be unbeatable. Can literally play anywhere with just a bit of input lag..
(Jul 17, 2023 02:40 AM)spiral Wrote:  I hope they'll get added to xcloud that would be unbeatable. Can literally play anywhere with just a bit of input lag..

i forgot about XCloud, Now microsft owns Blizzard you can Cloud game... this is interesting let's see if they push cod to geforce now


No fucking way

"Microsoft brings Call of Duty to GeForce Now after signing 10-year deal with NVIDIA!"
https://www.videogamer.com/news/microsof...th-nvidia/


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