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CTOnews.com, Oct. 18-Microsoft's acquisition of game developer and publisher Activision Blizzard has been completed, and it is curious whether Microsoft will soon add some of Activision Blizzard's new games to its Xbox Game Pass service. Today, Microsoft Xbox director Phil Spencer finally gave a clear answer, unfortunately we will have to wait at least a few more months.

In the latest official Xbox podcast, Spencer admits that Microsoft put some of their games on Xbox Game Pass soon after it acquired Bethesda in 2021. However, Activision Blizzard is not the case. He said:

In fact, the regulatory process of Activision Blizzard King (Activision Blizzard King) took a long time. And frankly, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) made the final decision a week or the week before we closed the deal, so we had no way to work with Activision and Blizzard to deal with their old work. So now that the deal is done, we start the work. But it takes time.

Spencer said it was accurate that Activision Blizzard issued a statement last week that its game would be on Game Pass in 2024.

Spencer admitted that it was "a bit frustrating" not to be able to immediately put the newly acquired games on Xbox Game Pass, but he was very excited about the future. "I just want to be honest with you that this is the situation we are in right now."

CTOnews.com noted that the Xbox podcast interview covered many aspects, and Spencer said he would make a lot of trips in the next few days, first to visit King offices in Europe and then to visit Blizzard and Activision offices in California. He also talked about some of the games he wanted people to rediscover, such as Zork, a word adventure game developed by Infocom, or King's Quest, developed by Sierra. "these things mean something to me because of my age," he said. because they are very important moments in my game career and my game experience, and I like them. "

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