Hot on the heels of announcing its ten-year partnership with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” and other Xbox games to that platform, Microsoft has revealed another partnership of the exact same nature.
This time though the deal is with Nvidia and their GeForce Now game streaming platform. The deal means Activision Blizzard games like “Call of Duty” will be released on Nvidia’s cloud gaming service should Microsoft’s bid to acquire the publisher be approved by regulators.
The Microsoft-NVIDIA partnership was announced shortly after Microsoft presented arguments on Tuesday for why its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard should be approved by the European Commission. The EU previously released a statement of objections about the possible anti-competitive effects of the $69 billion deal.
In the wake of the partnership arrangement, Nvidia is now offering its full support for regulatory approval of the acquisition. Microsoft and Nvidia said they will begin work immediately to integrate Xbox PC games into GeForce Now. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says in a statement:
“Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand how people play. This partnership will help grow Nvidia’s catalogue of titles to include games like Call of Duty, while giving developers more ways to offer streaming games. We are excited to offer gamers more ways to play the games they love.”
The news comes as rival PlayStation has announced its first State of Play presentation of the year which will kick off at 1pm US-PT tomorrow (February 23rd). That presentation will tout the just released PSVR2 set and offer closer looks at titles due for the unit, along with a lengthy demo of Rocksteady Games’ “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League”.
Source: VGC. PlayStation.com
