With Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard being finalized, CoD fans are wondering when games like Modern Warfare 3 will be 💻 added to Xbox Game Pass, so here’s everything we know.
On October 13, 2024, Microsoft officially announced that Xbox has acquired 💻 Activision Blizzard King following the end of the lengthy 633-day process, welcoming all the publisher’s studios and popular IPs, such 💻 as Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Diablo, among others to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios.
Now that the deal has come to 💻 an end, CoD fans are eagerly anticipating the potential benefits of this merger for their beloved series. Fortunately, both Microsoft 💻 and Activision have provided significant insights into the franchise’s future, including whether Call of Duty games will be available on 💻 Xbox Game Pass.
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Here’s everything you need to know about Call of Duty games coming to Xbox Game 💻 Pass.
Is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass?
Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, Call of Duty will make its way 💻 to Xbox Game Pass.
The Xbox Game Pass X account shared that they’ve started the work to bring Activision Blizzard’s games, 💻 including the iconic CoD franchise and Diablo 4, to the service. They’ll be sharing more details “in the coming months.”
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When is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass?
Activision Blizzard “do not 💻 have any plans to put Modern Warfare 3 and Diablo IV into the Game Pass this year,” but they confirmed 💻 in an X post on October 9 that they will work alongside Xbox to bring the company’s titles to the 💻 service “sometime in the course of next year [2024].”
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Speaking on the Xbox Podcast on October 17, Xbox 💻 CEO Phil Spencer reaffirmed the 2024 release window, telling players not to expect any surprise drops this year.
“The regulatory process 💻 took so long and frankly there was a lot of uncertainty in that process up until, really, a week before 💻 we closed, or the week of, when the CMA finally came down to their decision, that we weren’t able to 💻 get in and work with mostly Activision Blizzard in this case on that back catalog work,” he explained. “I would 💻 love it if there was some kind of secret celebration drop that’s coming in the next couple of weeks—there’s not.”
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With the deal’s closure, many CoD fans are interested to know if classic CoD titles will be 💻 added to the Xbox Game Pass. While there’s been no official confirmation yet, the significant matchmaking fixes plus the ownership 💻 transfer to Microsoft, make this entirely possible to happen.
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The introduction of Call of Duty into the Xbox 💻 Game Pass would allow fans not only to save money but also provide significant day-one access, particularly valued by longtime 💻 Call of Duty players.
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