After acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft will start introducing its games to Game Pass next year.

CTOnews.com, Oct. 10 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft announced a $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the distributor of call of Duty and World of Warcraft, at the end of 2021. After nearly two years of waiting, the deal is expected to be completed next week.

CTOnews.com noted that Microsoft had said it planned to "offer as many Activision Blizzard games as possible in Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, including new titles and incredible catalogs of Activision Blizzard games," but not now.

In a statement released on Monday, Activision Blizzard talked about the timetable for introducing its games to Game Pass, saying: "as we continue our efforts to obtain regulatory approval for Microsoft transactions, we have received questions about whether our upcoming and recently released games will be available through Game Pass. Although we have no plans to add Modern Warfare 3 or Diablo 4 to Game Pass this year, once the deal is completed, we look forward to working with Xbox to bring our game to more players around the world. We expect to start adding games to Game Pass sometime next year. "

Modern Warfare 3, a direct sequel to last year's Modern Warfare 2, will be released on November 10, 2023. The game is developed by Sledgehammer, assisted by Infinity Ward, and Treyarch is responsible for its zombie mode.

Released on PC, Xbox and PlayStation in June this year, Diablo 4 is Blizzard's fastest-selling work ever, attracting more than 1000 million players in its first month of release.