Yes, this week the World Cup in Qatar is taking up pretty much all the covers, but some interesting things have been happening in the gaming world as well. Sure that [email protected] of [email protected] you have been paying attention, but you have also probably missed something in this sea of Xbox and PC news, which of course you still find every day on Xbox Generation.
We like to start with one of the usual deals, this week’s gold deals, which are combined with the current Black Friday ones, also active until December 2. And let you know that there are a few days left until the end of the month, so it won’t be long before we see the new games for Xbox Game Pass arriving in December, including the long-awaited High On Life. And we almost forgot: Battlefield 2042 is already included in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which means you can try it NOW.
Microsoft, Sony and Call of Duty. An exuberant trio.
In every weekly digest, we practically set aside space to talk about the news of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard…and this time it won’t be any different. In addition, there has been more movement than usual, because as happened in the investigation carried out by the Brazilian authorities, the CMA, the British regulatory body, published Sony’s objections to the purchase, and Microsoft’s response. Which left the conversation for several days.
For example, that Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year contract for Call of Duty, to dispel any doubts it or regulators have about it, but that doesn’t seem like enough. However, complaints aside from either, the data provided is more interesting, which we quickly picked up, like Sony saying that there are already 29 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers, or that the next generation of consoles won’t reach the least until 2028.
After that, and perhaps more dangerous for the deal, there was a rumor that the FTC, the US regulator, intended to frustrate the purchase by taking legal action, but there is no confirmation of this, nor much desire for this to happen. , not even from the company of Activision, which ensures that it will fight by all means for the transaction to be carried out.
And nothing else really happened. We saw that Grounded won the award for best Xbox game at the Golden Joystick Awards, ahead of the Game Awards and that the Xbox 360 controller is coming back thanks to Hyperkin. Nostalgics and those who don’t want to spend a lot will like it, since it will be a model with cable and therefore, as expected, cheap. Next week comes PC Game Pass, the new Warhammer 40,000 Darktide and Friday, December 2 The Callisto Protocol, from the creator of the Dead Space saga. To enjoy!
