The main thing for the weekend (July 15-16)
Microsoft and PlayStation have signed an agreement on the release of Call of Duty, all Activision Blizzard games will have to be released on Nintendo, Xbox Live Gold will go down in history — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.
Microsoft and PlayStation have signed an agreement according to which the games of the Call of Duty series will continue to be released on PlayStation after the purchase of Activision Blizzard. The agreement applies only to a specific series of games and does not apply to other titles. A 10-year contract has been signed. Previously, Microsoft offered Sony to sign an agreement until 2027 for all Activision games.
According to documents released as part of a lawsuit between Microsoft and the US Federal Commission (FTC), it turned out that Nintendo received the right to receive Activision content after the end of the transaction. Microsoft has committed to release all new Activision Blizzard games on the Japanese company’s console, including Call of Duty. The contract will be valid for 10 years.
▪️From the first of September, Xbox Live Gold will be replaced by a limited version of the Xbox Game Pass, which is called Core. The subscription will cost the same $9.99 and it will also allow you to play multiplayer. There are two key differences: there will no longer be a free distribution of two games every month. But players will have permanent access to a catalog of 25 games, including Dishonored 2, DOOM Eternal and Fallout 4. The information has not yet been officially confirmed.
The beta version of Google Play Games has become available in 60 more countries, including India, Argentina and South Africa. In total, the application that officially allows you to run Android games on a PC can now be downloaded in 120 regions. In Russia, by the way, it is not available.
The iconic role-playing game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic from Bioware turned 20 years old on Saturday since its release on the original Xbox. The PC version was released six months later, in November 2003.
