Microsoft Agrees to Keep ‘Call of Duty’ on Sony PlayStation
- Pact seeks to address regulatory concerns in Activision deal
- Appeals court denied FTC bid to pause purchase of game-maker
Microsoft said it will keep the Call of Duty franchise on the Sony Playstation platform.
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Microsoft Corp. said it has a binding agreement to keep the Call of Duty franchise on the Sony PlayStation platform as its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. appears closer to completion.
The announcement Sunday of a deal with Sony Group Corp. from the Redmond, Washington-based software giant seeks to address regulators’ concerns that the merger would make more Activision games — such as the massively popular shooting-game franchise — exclusive to Xbox.