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Published: July 16, 2023 at 4:36 p.m. ET

There have been concerns that after its acquisition, Microsoft could keep Activisionโ€™s most popular games, such as โ€œCall of Duty, exclusive to Xbox.

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Microsoft Corp. on Sunday announced a โ€œbinding agreementโ€ to keep Activision Blizzard Inc.โ€™s massively popular โ€œCall of Dutyโ€ videogame available to Sony Corp.โ€™s PlayStation platform once Microsoftโ€™s acquisition of Activison is complete.

โ€œWe are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep โ€˜Call of Dutyโ€™ on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard,โ€ Phil Spencer, Microsoftโ€™s chief executive of gaming, tweeted Sunday. โ€œWe look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games.โ€

Further details were not immediately forthcoming, but other media reports said the deal is for 10 years and applies to โ€œCall of Dutyโ€ only, similar to a deal Microsoft struck with Nintendo 7974, -0.54% earlier this year. Microsoft MSFT, +0.75% did not immediately respond to MarketWatchโ€™s request for more information Sunday.

Ever since Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming platform, and videogame maker Activision ATVI, +0.59% announced plans to merge in early 2022, Sony SONY, -1.51% โ€” and regulators โ€” voiced concern that Microsoft could keep Activisionโ€™s most popular games exclusive to Xbox.

โ€œFrom Day One of this acquisition, weโ€™ve been committed to addressing the concerns of regulators, platform and game developers, and consumers,โ€ Microsoft President Brad Smith tweeted Sunday. โ€œEven after we cross the finish line for this dealโ€™s approval, we will remain focused on ensuring that โ€˜Call of Dutyโ€™ remains available on more platforms and for more consumers than ever before.โ€

The deal could be enough to appease U.K. regulators, who have yet to sign off on the deal, which is scheduled to close by Tuesday. EU regulators approved the acquisition in May, and a U.S. federal judge gave the deal the green light last week. On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commissionโ€™s request for the courts to pause the deal while its appeal was heard was denied.

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