Microsoft has signed a 10-year agreement to bring its Xbox PC games to the cloud gaming service Boosteroid.
The deal will also ensure that "Call of Duty" and other Activision
Blizzard titles come to Boosteroid, should Microsoft's acquisition of
the video game publisher go through.
- Microsoft is facing regulatory scrutiny over its plans to purchase Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7B.
- In an effort to address concerns about competition, the company has announced licensing and distribution deals with Nvidia, Nintendo, and Steam owner Valve.
- The
latest to sign a deal is Ukraine-based Boosteroid, the world's largest
independent cloud-streaming company, with about 4 million users.
- If Microsoft’s takeover is cleared, Boosteroid customers will be able to stream Call of Duty and other Activision titles.
- Microsoft has offered a similar 10-year license to Playstation maker Sony, which has so far declined.
- Sony is worried that Microsoft could raise the price of or restrict Call of Duty for Playstation, among other concerns.
- Microsoft's takeover is undergoing probes in the EU, the U.S., and the U.K.
- The European Commission and the U.K.'s regulator have set deadlines of late April to decide if they will approve the acquisition.
