Microsoft recently completed its blockbuster $68,7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard as part of the largest acquisition ever in video games. Microsoft said it expects to bring Activision Blizzard games to Game Pass. But will Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 come to the Game Pass subscription service?
Here's everything we know about the situation and what to expect before the game launches on November 10.
Is Modern Warfare 3 coming to the Game Pass service?
Microsoft said it will eventually bring Activision Blizzard games to Game Pass. Of course it will, considering how it will help the subscription service grow. But no one should expect to play Modern Warfare III on Game Pass this year. Before the deal was finalized, Activision told fans not to expect Modern Warfare III either at launch in 2023 or on Game Pass later in the year.
The earliest the game will arrive in the catalog could be 2024, if it ever happens, and that's not confirmed either. Okay but why? According to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Microsoft was unable to do the technical work required to get any Activision Blizzard games on Game Pass until the deal was completed. Spencer said this happened on October 13th, and Microsoft is now “starting work” on bringing Activision Games to Game Pass.
What about COD 2024?
A new Call of Duty game is expected to be released in 2024, and many people are wondering whether this game will come to Game Pass as a one-day new release. This looks set to be a big deal for Game Pass and help increase sign-ups, but it remains to be seen whether this will be the case. The one-day release of a Call of Duty game on Game Pass would be the biggest day one launch ever for Game Pass, given the size and scale of the series, and it'll be interesting to see how this all shapes up.
Will old games of the Call of Duty series come to Game Pass?
In July, Microsoft quietly fixed the matchmaking servers for a number of older Call of Duty games for Xbox 360, leading to speculation that Microsoft was doing something to bring those games back via Game Pass. Time will tell whether this will happen or not. Whatever the case, fixing matchmaking increased player count significantly, and at least at the time, there were more people playing older Call of Duty games on Xbox 360 than Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 combined.
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