What you need to know
- Microsoft is currently locked in a battle with the FTC in court over its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard King (ABK) for $69b.
- During an ongoing hearing, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has stated that he's not interested in putting any of the publisher's games on "multi-game subscription services" like Xbox Game Pass.
- Activision hasn't formally decided to never put its games on these services, but Kotick says that the company isn't interested in pursuing deals following past experiments.
- Activision reportedly explored bringing its games to Game Pass in 2020, but ultimately chose not to.
- In response to a question from Judge Corley, Kotick says Activision and Microsoft can "agree to disagree" about Game Pass post-merger.
