On Wednesday, Microsoft signed a 10-year licensing agreement to bring Activision’s Call of Duty franchise to the Japanese cloud gaming provider Ubitus, the latest step the company has taken to allay regulatory concerns regarding its proposed acquisition of the games developer.
With these licensing agreements and other behavioural remedies, Xbox maker Microsoft is likely to win EU antitrust approval for buying Activision, but it is up against resistance in the US and UK.
The head of Microsoft’s gaming division, Phil Spencer, tweeted, “Microsoft and Ubitus, a leading cloud gaming provider, have signed a 10-year partnership to stream Xbox PC Games as well as Activision Blizzard titles after the acquisition closes.
In addition to agreements with Nvidia, Nintendo, and American distributor Valve Corp., owner of the largest video game distribution platform in the world, Steam, the company also reached a similar agreement with cloud gaming provider Boosteroid a day earlier.