In court filings as part of its proposed Acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, Microsoft acknowledges that game sales will drop when games are added to Xbox Game Pass. Learn why Game Pass is so unimportant, and why Game Pass is important for both big and small games. Plus why he’d have to leave Kotick if the acquisition was approved, Dead Island 2’s release date changed again (but this time for the better!), and more!
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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews and host of IGN’s weekly Xbox show. podcast unlockedas well as the monthly (ish) interview show, IGN UnfilteredHe’s from Northern Jersey, so it’s a “Taylor ham” rather than a “pork roll.” Discuss with him on Twitter @DMC_Ryan.