Microsoft has announced a 10-year partnership with Nvidia to bring its Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.
The deal will also seeActivision Blizzardgames like Call of Duty released onNvidia‘s cloud gaming service shouldMicrosoft‘s bid to acquire theWorld of Warcraftpublisher be approved by regulators.
It will enable gamers to streamXboxPC titles from GeForce Now to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices.
The partnership was announced shortly after Microsoft presented arguments for why its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard should be approved ata European Commission hearing on Tuesday.
The oral hearing allowed Microsoft to address thestatement of objections it recently received from the EUwarning about the possible anti-competitive effects of the $69 billion deal.
In light of the partnership, Nvidia is now offering its full support for regulatory approval of the acquisition.
Microsoft and Nvidia said they will begin work immediately to integrate XboxPC gamesinto GeForce Now.
“Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand how people play,” said Microsoft Gaming CEOPhil Spencer. “This partnership will help grow Nvidia’s catalog of titles to include games like Call of Duty, while giving developers more ways to offer streaming games. We are excited to offer gamers more ways to play the games they love.”
“Combining the incredibly rich catalog of Xbox first party games with GeForce Now’s high-performance streaming capabilities will propel cloud gaming into a mainstream offering that appeals to gamers at all levels of interest and experience,” said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president for GeForce at Nvidia. “Through this partnership, more of the world’s most popular titles will now be available from the cloud with just a click, playable by millions more gamers.”
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Earlier on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it had also signed a “binding 10-year legal agreement” tobring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms.
“We are committed to providing long term equal access to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms, brining more choice to more players and more competition to the gaming market,” the company said in a statement.
