Microsoft and Sony have reached a deal to keep Call of Duty, a popular video game franchise made by Activision Blizzard, available on PlayStation following Microsoft’s planned acquisition of the video game company.
“We 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,” Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, said in a tweet on Sunday. “We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games.”
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard appear likely to move forward with the $68.7 billion merger, after a federal appeals court denied a bid by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to temporarily halt the deal on Friday…