Sony has shared with the British regulator concerns about the future of the Call of Duty series on its consoles if a deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard takes place. In particular, she suggested that the corporation will start releasing games with bugs and poor performance on the PlayStation.

Microsoft is confident that the British regulator has greatly overestimated the number of Call of Duty fans who will buy Xbox consoles if the corporation makes the franchise exclusive. To prove their point, Microsoft commissioned a study from the independent company YouGov.

Microsoft continues to try to appease antitrust regulators. Bloomberg sources report that the corporation has offered Sony the right to distribute Call of Duty series games as part of a PS Plus subscription.

The head of Valve commented on Microsoft‘s promise to leave the Call of Duty series on Steam for 10 years if the deal with Activision Blizzard takes place. Gabe Newell stated that he was pleased with this offer and takes it as a compliment to Steam.

Phil Spencer announced that Microsoft has agreed to release Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles after completing the purchase of Activision Blizzard. He also confirmed that the games in the series will continue to be released on Steam at the same time as the release on Xbox.

This was stated by Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, in a column for The Wall Street Journal. He also confirmed that the corporation offered Sony to sign a contract for a period of 10 years for the release of Call of Duty on the PlayStation.

The developers announced the achievement of the free battle royale on the official Twitter account of the Call of Duty franchise. They did not specify how the Warzone 2.0 audience was distributed across platforms.

Microsoft Corporation, in an interview with The New York Times, reported that it made such an offer on November 11, 2022. Sony declined to comment on it.

This was stated by the head of Xbox in the framework of the Decoder podcast. He did not name the approximate period for which Call of Duty may linger on Sony consoles, but noted that it is a bit silly to expect Microsoft to sign a contract with the word “forever”.

Activision announced that in the first three days of sales, which fell at the beginning of the weekend, the revenue of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reached $800 million. This is the highest-grossing opening weekend in the history of the franchise.

On October 28, the world release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II took place. A weekend later, the first information about sales appeared. No specific figures, unfortunately. However, even without them, it is clear that the shooter is doing very well at the start.

Microsoft continues to convince both international regulators and the gaming community that the purchase of Activision Blizzard will not radically change the situation on the market. The latest statement by Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, is just about this.

He broke the record for the number of users, hours played and matches played, according to Activision. The company did not provide specific figures.

Two days ago, the Call of Duty Twitter account announced a new operative skin — Doomsayer. But gamers quickly noted its similarity to the Variant 402 skin from the game Deadrop, which is being developed by the Midnight Society studio.

Yesterday, Activision showed the first full-fledged trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and soon after shared statistics on the entire franchise. The company told about the success of the Call of Duty series of games in an interview with The Washington Post.

Activision Blizzard has announced the purchase of a mobile studio. A Barcelona-based Digital Legends developer specializing in shooters has passed into her hands. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Glen Schofield, former director of Sledgehammer Games, spoke about the importance of research activities when creating Call of Duty. However, the Kotaku publication compared his work trips with vacations and considered that the head of a large studio had nothing to complain about. Many developers came to Scofield’s defense. They explained why business trips are tedious and difficult work.

Activision has a new internal mobile studio. It’s called Activision Mobile. Its launch became known from the published vacancies of the company. They also indicate that the studio will be engaged in a mobile game under the Call of Duty brand. The media suggested that we are talking about the Warzone port.

Call of Duty Online is a free—to-play version of the shooter, available exclusively in China. Tencent has decided to stop supporting the game after six years on the market. It is reported that after the servers are closed, players will be offered to transfer accounts to Call of Duty: Mobile.This became known on May 31 on the official Call of Duty Online website.