The 2024 Call of Duty will be the first game to come to Xbox Game Pass.

Call of Duty will be closer than ever to his long-awaited debut in Xbox Game Pass. Reportedly Wall Street MagazineMicrosoft would decide to launch the next part of the first-person shooter, which will be released this year, on a subscription basis.

If confirmed, it would be the first step in a major strategy for Redmond following the purchase of Activision Blizzard. As it became known recently, the arrival Call of Duty Xbox Game Pass has been one of the dilemmas that Microsoft has not yet been able to solve.

Two positions would be created within the company. Some would be against launching new parts of the game on Game Pass from day one, since they would affect Activision Blizzard’s revenue. Another would agree with the arrival of the next Call of Duty for the service, if this was accompanied by an increase in the cost of the Ultimate subscription.

For now, Wall Street Magazine It is not specified whether there is additional information about arrival Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass. Although we won’t have to wait too long for news as Microsoft is expected to make an official announcement on the matter during Presentation of Xbox games next June 9th.

First Call of Duty it will be new on Xbox Game Pass Black Ops

There have been rumors for some time that delivery Call of Duty which will be launched this year, will become part of a sub-franchise Black Ops. At the end of 2023, some details became known about Treyarch’s next game, which will be set during the Gulf War in the early 1990s. In fact, the tentative name of the game will be this. Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War.

If Microsoft finally decides that Call of Duty first to reach Game Pass in 2024, it will take a decisive step to make its subscription service the core of the Xbox ecosystem. This position is said to cause mixed feelings even within the Redmond firm itself.

This strategy will go hand in hand with the decision to bring more and more Xbox exclusives to other platforms; especially PlayStation. As it became known, the reduction of lines will be carried out by Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, and Amy Hood, the head of the financial department, in order to maximize the economic profitability of all divisions.

WITH Call of Duty always a candidate for one of the most profitable releases of each year, the appearance of the next Black Ops Xbox Game Pass could be a huge economic boost for Redmond’s platform. However, there is ongoing debate about whether the benefits will be realized in the short term. may become a problem in the future. Let’s see if the expected official announcement comes in June. According to previous rumors, Activision’s new game could hit the market as early as October.