Game News “It’s a game changer” The video game everyone has been waiting for is on Xbox Game Pass!
Today, the Xbox Game Pass catalog welcomes a flagship video game it has long been looking for…
Modern Warfare 3 in Game Pass
This is the big day: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 officially released on Xbox Game Pass. Released in late 2023, Activision’s opus continues to be an online hit with its multiplayer and Zombies modes. A direct sequel to Modern Warfare 2, released in 2022, it marked Makarov’s return to the single-player campaign and revisits certain events from 2009. The game received a score of 14/20 when it was released on November 10, 2023.
According to a leak from Insider Gaming, the inclusion of MW3 in Game Pass should justify the subscription’s recent price increase. Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard aimed to acquire major licenses such as Call of Duty. If Microsoft is committed to keeping Call of Duty available on other platforms, its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass is definitely a plus point to attract players. We also remind you that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, scheduled for release at the end of the year, will also be included in the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, whose price has just gone up from $ 14.99 to $ 17.99 per month.
Price increase for Xbox Game Pass
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission called price increases for Game Pass “Damage caused to consumers“. A key step in the Microsoft legal battle began last year, which the FTC is currently appealing. In a new filing on Thursday, it highlighted the new Game Pass tiers, which include in particular a significant price increase for Ultimate and a new Standard tier that does not include day one releases. If you already have a subscription, you will have to wait until September 12, 2024 for the new prices to apply to you. It is also good to note that with the arrival of this new grid, the Game Pass Console offer is eliminated, which will therefore be replaced by Game Pass Standard. It includes access to a catalog of games and online play, but not to new day one features or cloud gaming. Here is what we can read in the FTC report on the subject:
“Product degradation – the removal of the most valuable games from Microsoft’s new service – combined with price increases for existing users is exactly the kind of consumer harm caused by the merger that the FTC has alleged.”
He added that this law, coupled with Microsoft’s reduction in investment in production and product quality through layoffs, was the sign of a company exercising market power after the merger. Microsoft’s lawyers later responded to the FTC’s complaint, saying its “factual allegations were incomplete and misleading.” »