Call of Duty: Xbox Game Pass launch from day one for new game

Microsoft has torn up the rules of big video game launches by announcing its most eagerly awaited new title - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - will be available straightaway to subscribers of its Game Pass service.

GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring told the BBC it was a "significant move" for Microsoft and the industry. "[It} is a big test for subscription, because if Call of Duty can't move the needle in terms of subscriber numbers, probably nothing will," he added.Game Pass, much like Sony's rival PlayStation Plus service, lets console and PC players play hundreds of video games for a monthly subscription fee.

But that means, unless something changes between now and Call of Duty's launch , not one of the 34 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay anything extra to play the new game. But with the addition of such a big game to the service, he said there may yet be changes coming to make the numbers work.

In order to get the deal past UK regulators in particular, Microsoft agreed to give French game publisher Ubisoft the rights to distribute Activision's games on consoles and PCs.

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