Microsoft is still dead set on not selling Call of Duty, but to seek EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it is prepared to offer licensing deals to its rivals.

According to Reuters, in a European Commission filing shown today (Friday, March 17), Microsoft President Brad Smith has said it is prepared to offer rivals licensing deals to lessen concerns over Microsoft owning the Call of Duty franchise outright, without having to sell it to complete the Activision Blizzard acquisition. We’re already aware of several deals related to Call of Duty, including one with Nintendo, which was formalized just last month, and another that will bring the shooter series to the cloud gaming service Boosteroid.

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree preorders are now live ahead of its June 21 release date. The highly anticipated expansion to From Software’s beloved open-world adventure was shown off for the first time this week. Shadow of the Erdtree will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The expansion requires the base game to play, but a new edition compiling Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree will launch on the same day–you can preorder the double pack at Amazon and Best Buy for PS5 or Xbox Series X for $80. If you’re a new player on PC, you can grab Elden Ring and the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for about $10 off at Fanatical.

For big Elden Ring fans, there’s also the Shadow of the Erdtree Collector’s Edition to consider. PC players can save on all S…

The upcoming Assassin’s Creed TV series for Netflix has lost its showrunner due to a “difference in vision” for the project. It was big news in 2022 when Die Hard and The Fugitive writer Jeb Stuart came aboard the Assassin’s Creed series, but now he’s leaving.

Despite leaving the project, Stuart said he has faith the show will be great. He explained to Collider why he is leaving the Assassin’s Creed show.

“I think it was a little bit of a move of executives from LA to London, and it allowed the London group who, unfortunately, had to inherit my vision of what it was instead of getting to develop their own vision,” Stuart said. “So I think that’s fair. I know it’s going to be great whenever it comes out. I think the Ubisoft guys are fantastic. I think it’s a terrific franchis…

Hot on the heels of their Castlevania Season 4 trailer, Netflix has released a collection of new images for the gothic action-horror show ahead of its release next week.

The images show us most of the show’s principal characters, from Trevor and Sypha getting ready to fight, to series antagonist Carmilla wielding a blood-red blade. Plot details are light. Here’s the synopsis offered up by Netfilx:

“Wallachia collapses into chaos as factions clash: some attempting to take control, others attempting to bring Dracula back from the dead. Nobody is who they seem, and nobody can be trusted. These are the end times.” Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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It’s going to be a while before Monster Hunter Wilds arrives and unleashes a menagerie of deadly dragons to track down, but right now, you can pass the time with other games in the series. Over at Fanatical, you can build your own bundle of Monster Hunter PC games and DLC, with pricing starting at $11 for two games from the list below. You can expand that selection to four games for $20 or you can pay $30 for eight games. And for a different kind of Monster Hunter experience, the creature-taming Monster Hunter Stories series is on sale at Amazon Come from Sports betting site VPbet . You can grab the recently released Monster Hunter Stories Collection for Nintendo Switch for $40 (was $60).

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