Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Xbox Game Pass won't see any surprise Activision Blizzard drops this year, Phil Spencer says

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that players shouldn’t expect to see a flood of Activision Blizzard games arrive on Game Pass before this year is out.

Naturally, following the confirmation on October 13 (complete with trailer) that Microsoft has officially closed its deal to acquire ActiBlizz, there’s been a lot of chatter about when the publisher’s titles could begin to show up on the lauded Game Pass service. However, in a recent appearance on the official Xbox Podcast, Spencer confirmed that there will be no surprise addition of Activision Blizzard games to Game Pass before this year is out, with nothing being set to arrive until 2024.

In response to a question addressing the almost immediate addition of many Bethesda titles to Game Pass following Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax Media back in 2021, Spencer said: “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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