‘There will be changes’ to Xbox Game Pass when Call of Duty is added, says industry insider

“There will be changes” to Xbox Game Pass once Microsoft adds its newly acquired flagship Call of Duty franchise to its subscription services.

That’s according to industry insider shinobi602, who recently suggested changes were coming in a thread on Resetera.

When poster biglo25 posited that Microsoft would “for sure” add “new fees” and “rearrange the levels to be (a) less confusing mess than it currently is” – especially in light of the plans aiming to add this year’s Call of Duty version to Game Pass – Shinobi062 quickly responded to agree, saying: “There will be changes, yes.”

Despite being pressed by other posters, shinobi602 wouldn’t be drawn on what exactly the changes might be, but as Tom reported to us earlier this week, the key questions now are whether the Xbox Game Pass remains at its current price level. , or if Call of Duty could only be included in a more expensive tier not yet announced.

While Xbox has always introduced new first-party games to Xbox Game Pass from day one and Activision Blizzard is now a first-party publisher of Microsoft after completing its $68.7 billion buyout, there was always a point questions about whether Call of Duty would be included.

This year’s Call of Duty hasn’t been announced, although it’s likely a new Black Ops entry set in the early 1990s during the Gulf War. Microsoft will detail the game further next month, devoting a full hour to it after its main Xbox Showcase event on June 9.