The Microsoft Activision-Blizzard investigation continues, and the FTC is now asking Microsoft to disclose any exclusivity plans it may have, along with its Obligation Agreements.
Microsoft to disclose documents related to Activision Blizzard and CoD deal
The FTC has demands for Microsoft in a recently released document which, among other things, states that:
“RFP 11 requests all documents related to the exclusivity of content that Microsoft has acquired from ZeniMax and the exclusivity of content that Microsoft proposes to acquire from Activision.”
Basically, this means that the FTC wants Microsoft to lay out all of its future plans for all Activision-Blizzard properties with regards to exclusivity, as well as any documents of a similar nature for ZeniMax Interactive. Yo
Interestingly, while all material details related to it are redacted, the FTC also wants all documents related to Microsoft’s “next-gen gaming ecosystem”, which includes consoles, subscriptions and online games. cloud. with the document requesting “materials related to (redacted) Microsoft’s next-generation gaming ecosystem codename.”
This news follows the revelation that Sony is not currently discussing Call of Duty with Microsoft and that Sony is not confident in the Microsoft Activision deal due to the Bethesda acquisition which included Zenimax Interactive.