{"id":10761,"date":"2023-07-16T21:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/16\/microsoft-agrees-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-ahead-of-activision-buy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T21:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:38:02","slug":"microsoft-agrees-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-ahead-of-activision-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/16\/microsoft-agrees-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-ahead-of-activision-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ahead of Activision buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Software giant acquiesced after US trade commission expressed concern that Activision Blizzard acquisition would hurt gamers<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has signed a binding agreement to ensure that the Call of Duty video game franchise remains available on Sony\u2019s PlayStation platform after Microsoft\u2019s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech company said on Sunday, easing concerns from Sony and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxP3\/status\/1680578783718383616\">tweet<\/a> from Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming\u2019s CEO, read: \u201cWe are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/16\/microsoft-activision-blizzard-sony-playstation-call-of-duty\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/40abb141450439244f4947edba0f8da8f268b72d\/0_123_3690_2214\/master\/3690.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5f4c3d757a5f00c8059b7fd0b1e0be2\" title=\"Microsoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ahead of Activision buy\" \/>Software giant acquiesced after US trade commission expressed concern that Activision Blizzard acquisition would hurt gamers<br \/>\nMicrosoft has signed a binding agreement to ensure that the Call of Duty video game franchise remains available on Sony\u2019s PlayStation platform after Microsoft\u2019s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech company said on Sunday, easing concerns from Sony and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).<br \/>\nA tweet from Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming\u2019s CEO, read: \u201cWe are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software giant acquiesced after US trade commission expressed concern that Activision Blizzard acquisition would hurt gamers Microsoft has signed a binding agreement to ensure that the Call of Duty video game franchise remains available on Sony\u2019s PlayStation platform after Microsoft\u2019s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech company said on Sunday, easing concerns from Sony &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/16\/microsoft-agrees-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-ahead-of-activision-buy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ahead of Activision buy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10761"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}