{"id":31102,"date":"2023-06-27T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/microsofts-pledge-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-sparked-concern-at-bethesda-email-shows\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T10:15:11","slug":"microsofts-pledge-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-sparked-concern-at-bethesda-email-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/microsofts-pledge-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-sparked-concern-at-bethesda-email-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s pledge to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation sparked concern at Bethesda, email shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nMicrosoft&#8217;s promise it would keep Call of Duty on rival console platforms after buying Activision Blizzard prompted concern within Bethesda at its highest levels, a newly-published email now shows.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBethesda marketing exec Pete Hines emailed bosses, including Todd Howard, to highlight the approach Microsoft was taking with Activision in order to court regulatory approval and note that it was &#8220;the opposite&#8221; of what Bethesda itself had just been &#8220;asked (told) to do&#8221; with its own games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe email, dated 2nd October last year, expresses concern that Bethesda would be publicly questioned on why games like Starfield are Xbox-only following Microsoft&#8217;s acquisition, as opposed to future incarnations of Call of Duty after Microsoft&#8217;s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsofts-pledge-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-sparked-concern-at-bethesda-email-shows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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