Microsoft announces another 10-year cloud gaming partnership

The discounted Xbox Game Pass subscription offer already gives players access to titles on the Xbox console, Cloud, and PC. It is unclear what added benefits will be included with this new ten-year deal as EE is not operating a streaming platform.

Perhaps this new deal would additional reduction in cost or unlimited access to internet bandwidth for subscribers. Other mobile companies around the world have partnerships that allow the use of free data for certain games. Microsoft could also offer discounts on titles that are not a part of the Xbox Game Pass.

EE is the latest company to sign a deal with Microsoft. This follows the deals signed by Boosteroid, Ubitus, and Nvidia.

Microsoft is doing everything it can to convince UK antitrust regulators that it is not planning to make its games exclusive. The UK CMA, EU Commission, and US FTC have raised concerns that the tech giant would withhold titles such as Call of Duty on other platforms if the deal gets approved.

However, in its latest provisional findings, the UK CMA does not see a significant reduction in competition even if Microsoft chooses to make Call of Duty an exclusive title. The UK regulator argues that withholding access to Call of Duty would do more harm to Microsoft.

Sony has called the UK CMA's reversal of its previous findings "surprising, unprecedented, and irrational." The PlayStation maker argues that there are flaws in the data that the CMA used in its findings.

The UK CMA has until April 26 to complete its final report ruling on the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger.