Microsoft has stated it expects Call of Duty: Mobile to be “phased out over time” for Warzone Mobile.
Developed by Tencent’s Timi studio, the free-to-play Call of Duty: Mobile was launched in October 2019 and had topped 650 million downloads as of May 2022, based on its writer Activision.
The firm stated on the time that Call of Duty: Mobile had loved a file 12 months in 2021, with client spending “nicely above” $1 billion, following a surge in downloads coinciding with its launch in China.
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But based on Microsoft, Activision’s long-term plan is to switch the sport with Warzone Mobile, which is scheduled for launch this 12 months.
Officially revealed final September, Warzone Mobile is being co-developed by Activision’s Shanghai, Beenox, Digital Legends, and Solid State studios.
“CoD: Mobile was developed and is owned by TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent,” Microsoft stated in a newly printed response to the UK competitors regulator’s investigation into its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
“CoD: Mobile is anticipated to be phased out over time (outdoors of China) with the launch of Warzone Mobile,” it added.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stated Microsoft could have to divest a part of Activision Blizzard or Call of Duty if the watchdog is to approve the $69 billion merger.
But Microsoft is reluctant to entertain such structural treatments given the dimensions of the Call of Duty model and Activision Blizzard’s cellular experience.
“A divestment would have extreme opposed results on the event of competitors as a result of it will forestall Microsoft from reaching its key strategic goal, particularly constructing a cellular gaming enterprise with ample scale as a way to problem Google and Apple,” the Xbox maker stated in its response to the CMA’s provisional findings.
“A divestment of the Activision section would come with a divestment of CoD: Mobile and CoD Warzone Mobile. An further divestment of the Blizzard section would additionally embody Diablo Immortal (which is accessible on PC and cellular).
“These are among the many most related cellular video games printed by Activision. It is these video games, notably Warzone Mobile and Diablo Immortal (fairly than the King video games), which would offer Microsoft with the belongings, know-how and expertise to develop cellular variations of its personal console video games.”
