

That’s why Xbox is committed to give everyone more ways to play their favorite games, across devices.

We believe in the power of games to bring people together. Xbox head and CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer reiterated the tech giant’s desire to give players more ways and platforms to enjoy video games: When combined with other partnerships recently announced by Microsoft, this means popular franchises such as “Call of Duty” will surpass more than 150 million additional players, and make games built by Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard playable on multiple cloud gaming services and subscriptions. The agreement will also enable Activision Blizzard PC titles to be streamed by Boosteroid customers after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard closes. Boosteroid, which has its software development team in Ukraine, recently surpassed 4 million users globally and has become the largest independent cloud gaming provider in the world. and Boosteroid on Tuesday announced a 10-year agreement to bring Xbox PC games to Boosteroid’s cloud gaming platform. The agreement will see Boosteroid hosting Xbox PC games on its service, including Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard PC titles should the Microsoft-Activision deal go through. In the third such move, Microsoft has now announced a similar 10-year agreement with the Ukrainian company Boosteroid, which is the world’s largest cloud gaming provider.

In February, the company secured deals with Nintendo and Nvidia to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo hardware and the GeForce Now cloud gaming service, respectively (with the latter also getting access to other Xbox titles). In the wake of global regulatory concerns surrounding its proposed acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, Microsoft has been making significant moves to bring its video game offerings to players across the industry to address said concerns.

Related Reading: Microsoft President Brad Smith Reveals Sony-Activision COD Deal Will Expire in 2024.The agreement notably includes Activision Blizzard IP titles including Call of Duty, pending regulatory approval of the Microsoft-Activision deal. Hot on the heels of the Nintendo and Nvidia deals, Microsoft has signed a new 10-year agreement with Ukrainian cloud gaming provider Boosteroid to bring Xbox PC titles to the latter’s subscription service.
