The company admits Call of Duty is irreplaceable on PlayStation. Sony has been vocally against the acquisition since day one. However, Microsoft’s console rival Sony still pushes back against the deal. Our commitment is to give more players, more choice. Microsoft and Ubitus a leading cloud gaming provider, have signed a 10-year partnership to stream Xbox PC Games as well as Activision Blizzard titles after the acquisition closes. “If the only argument is that Microsoft is going to withhold Call of Duty from other platforms, and we’ve now entered into contracts that are going to bring this to many more devices and many more platforms, that is a pretty hard case to make to a court,” said Microsoft president Brad Smith in an interview with The Wall Street Journal yesterday. Regulators in the UK, US, and Europe are currently investigating the merger before deciding whether to approve it or not. Also, earlier this week the company announced another 10-year agreement with Boosteroid, the largest independent cloud gaming platform in the world.Ĭall of Duty has largely been at the center of the debate on whether Microsoft’s purchase of Activision will harm competition. This is the latest such agreement following similar deals with Nintendo and Nvidia’s GeForce Now. For example, the company’s platform brought Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Control, and Resident Evil 7 to Nintendo’s popular console. Ubitus is based in Taiwan and has technology that provides cloud gaming services, including delivering its games to Nintendo Switch users.

The agreement is another step towards the company showing regulators its $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard will not stifle competition. Microsoft has announced a fourth 10-year licensing agreement for Call of Duty, this time with cloud gaming platform Ubitus.

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