In a new announcement, Microsoft has announced that three major Call of Duty games will be available for Xbox Cloud Gaming via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from 25 October 2024. This is a huge occasion for those who want to play Call of Duty but don’t want to pay the hefty price tag that often comes along with the games. As we already know, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a day-one release for Xbox Game Pass, but having these games available via Xbox Cloud Gaming means those with less powerful rigs will be able to dive into them.
Alongside Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone, all of which will be available to stream via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. This update will be rolled out as of 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 6 PM BST. For a lot of Game Pass Ultimate users, this update won’t matter too much, as Modern Warfare III has been available since July, and Warzone is equally available and free to play regardless of what platform you play it on. However, these games were not previously available for streaming, which is what makes this announcement a big deal, especially as Microsoft is now trying to push more for Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Xbox Cloud Gaming is available on Xbox consoles, PC, Android, iOS, Amazon Fire TV, Meta Quest, and finally, select Samsung TVs. To be able to stream these games in the first place means that Microsoft will have had to make a deal with Ubisoft. Although they had made a deal in the past, it was actually in the reverse order. Instead, Microsoft sold the streaming rights of Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft, allowing them to stream the games for 15 years. Completing this deal means that Ubisoft has the right to stream games like Call of Duty through the Ubisoft+ service.
Because of this deal, they likely had to create a new deal that allowed Microsoft to have some form of power again over the contract so that they could equally stream the games of a company that they outright acquired.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn’t too far away, with the game set to release on 25 October, meaning that those eager to play the game using Xbox Cloud Gaming will be able to stream it on the day one release of the highly anticipated title.
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