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The news that Microsoft has purchased Activision Blizzard has led to all manner of interesting questions from concerned gamers. As ane of the biggest MMOs in the world, the World of Warcraft fanbase is wondering if the game will come to Game Pass.

This question is impossible to answer correct now, unfortunately. Xbox has yet to give any details near how their purchase of Activision Blizzard volition impact the platforms and services that those games appear on.

It does seem unlikely that World of Warcraft will finish upward on Game Pass, however. One of the principal sources of income for World of Warcraft is the monthly subscription that is needed to play it, and without that income, the overall value of the production will be severely reduced for Xbox. Then again, the company may be willing to absorb the subscription price every bit part of Game Pass and maintain the cost of the expansions as a source of boosted profits.

While the printing release put out by Xbox about the purchase of Activision Blizzard does mention titles moving to Game Pass, it is understandably light on details.

Truthfully, we cannot even really gauge what Xbox might decide based on the recent Bethesda purchase, every bit the divergence in scale doesn't actually allow for that. While Bethesda cost $seven billion, that was one-10th of the cost of this new acquisition, so Microsoft may need to go on more revenue streams alive in lodge for the purchase to make long-term economic sense.