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Microsoft is set to acquire Activision Blizzard in a massive $70 billion deal, simply that's non the just big effigy coming out of Xbox today. The always-pop Game Pass service likewise passed a major milestone.

Xbox Game Pass has passed 25 1000000 subscribers on panel and PC. The news was attached to the Activision Blizzard welcome annunciation, though it was understandably overshadowed past the acquisition itself. "Upon close, nosotros will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Laissez passer," said the post on Xbox Wire. "We also announced today that Game Pass now has more than than 25 meg subscribers. As always, we look forward to continuing to add more value and more than great games to Game Pass."

Activision Blizzard'due south itemize goes back decades, with the potential for dozens of titles to be added to Game Pass. Those additions are sure to bring even more subscribers into the service. Diablo, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft are only three of the major franchises coming under the Xbox wing.

The conquering isn't without its issues though. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is nether fire for a series of harassment and toxic workplace reports nether his purview and has reportedly said that he'll leave the company if problems aren't fixed. Meanwhile, Xbox boss Phil Spencer doesn't want to "punish" companies for such behavior. Add together those two statements to the fact that Kotick volition remain onboard as head of Activision Blizzard after this conquering, and you've got a recipe for some understandably unhappy folks on the internet.