Talking Point: Xbox, Where Are All The Backwards Compatible ActiBlizz Games?

With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 now out in the wild, Xbox's biggest Activision Blizzard release since the deal went through has now come and gone. The game ended up being a very good one, so we have no complaints in that regard - but we do still feel a little shortchanged by the Activision Blizzard deal so far.

You see, we thought that once Microsoft's big old fight to acquire the COD publisher finally came to an end last year, we'd swiftly start seeing loads of ActiBlizz games start popping up all over Xbox. We thought we'd be getting new additions to backwards compatibility, some classic IP revivals, and crucially, a bunch of huge Xbox Game Pass drops. The question is, where is all of that stuff?

Look, okay, we get that it's been a busy and often turbulent year for Xbox, but more drops like this could have helped Microsoft weather the storm. There's been loads of controversy surrounding the team bringing certain titles to PS5, but imagine the buzz we'd have had from some bigger ActiBlizz-related Game Pass announcements this year? We've had some of course, but it's all been a lot lighter than we anticipated.

There've been rumours of old Transformers games popping up and we've not seen anything from that series yet, and while Xbox has worked to bring more Blizzard titles to Xbox Game Pass recently - the most impactful of those — like StarCraft — have been PC-only so far. How about a little more love on the console side of things, Microsoft?

Anyway, before this turns into too much of a rant, how do you feel about this? Do you think Xbox has been holding out on us with these ActiBlizz games - particularly when it comes to new Game Pass additions?

Comment down below and let us know what you think.