Ubisoft has announced a transaction that gives Ubisoft the cloud streaming rights for Call of Duty and all other Activision Blizzard titles. This transaction spans over the next 15 years once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is completed. This will enable Ubisoft to bring cloud streaming access of Activision Blizzard games to more players all around the world and these rights will exist in perpetuity.
These rights will massively boost Ubisoft’s content to offer through its subscription service Ubisoft+ as well as allow Ubisoft to license streaming access to the Activision Blizzard catalog of games including future releases, to cloud gaming companies, service providers, and console makers. This will also massively help in expanding access for players across all streaming services.
Ubisoft’s expertise in developing online services and distribution along with its relationships with streaming providers will continue to provide more choice for players to engage in the game they love from Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard. While Ubisoft+ has failed to garner much growth in the past like Game Pass or EA Play, this new move will certainly allow Ubisoft+ to not only expand its growing library of titles but also increase its own presence in the streaming market and attract new players to Ubisoft’s premium gaming service.
This will enable players to play across multiple platforms including PC, Xbox consoles, and Amazon Luna with a single subscription to Ubisoft+ Multi Access and on the PlayStation platform with Ubisoft+ Classics. Chris Early Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Ubisoft comments:
We’re dedicated to delivering amazing experiences to our players wherever they choose to play. Over the past 15 years we’ve built and honed our online services and distribution ecosystem into one of the most complete in the industry. Today’s deal will give players even more opportunities to access and enjoy some of the biggest brands in gaming.
Once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete, the arrangement will give Ubisoft exclusive rights to stream the Activision Blizzard games, except for non-exclusive rights to stream in the European Economic Area, for all existing and current Activision Blizzard games as well as those to be released over the next 15 years once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete. Ubisoft is currently working on titles such as The Crew Motorfest, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and more.
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