However, Microsoft has so far made no official comment on when Call of Duty games might be coming to Game Pass. Activision Blizzard, moving to get ahead of speculation before the completion of the deal with Microsoft, said on Oct. 9, 2023 that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and its other big 2023 release, Diablo 4, wouldn’t be added to Game Pass that year, but said it did plan plan to begin adding games to Game Pass in 2024.
So it’s natural to wonder when Call of Duty games — 2024’s installment in particular — will hit Game Pass. When is Call of Duty coming to Game Pass? According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft intends to release the next Call of Duty game directly on Game Pass on day one.
The word is that 2024’s new Call of Duty game will hit Game Pass on day one Last October, Microsoft completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and taken ownership of a raft of huge gaming properties, not least among them Activision’s Call of Duty series.
When will other Activision Blizzard games like Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch come to Game Pass? A clue to Microsoft’s strategy is its handling of Diablo games on Game Pass. Once again, many expected older games like Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 Resurrected to appear on Game Pass quite soon after the acquisition, but this didn’t happen.