One Pass to Rule Them All

In a once seemingly unthinkable turn of events, Microsoft is well on its way to acquiring Activision Blizzard King. The landmark deal is worth a reported 68.7 billion dollars, and while this first broke just over a month ago, the gaming industry is still reeling and receiving new information, as Phil Spencer and his team show more of their hand. Phil Spencer now sits at the top of Xbox as the CEO of gaming and doesn’t seem to be done with making more changes to expand team green. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, it should come as no surprise that Xbox’s all-important GamePass sits squarely in the middle of the gaming industry’s biggest acquisition to date. What will be on offer to more than 15 million subscribers? Will Call of Duty, undeniably ABK’s biggest franchise, stay on Playstation consoles? After much thought and reading, we do our best to parse through the biggest gaming news in recent history.

Also, Sony and Playstation have made an acquisition of their own. Sony Interactive Entertainment has welcomed the world-renowned independent studio Bungie into its family. Yes, the same company that made the award-winning Halo series, and helped launch the original Xbox, is now owned by Playstation. While Destiny exclusivity might be the first thing to cross your mind, think again. Sony has a much longer game to play here, which includes leveraging Bungie’s community expertise and hopefully ushering in a new age of mixed media projects from its storied MMORPG lore.

So sit back and chill with us, we’ve got a lot to go through on this week’s episode of Oblivious Games… RIGHT NOW!!!