Microsoft promises Xbox PC games and Call of Duty to Ukrainian cloud service in another 10-year deal

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Boosteroid is an independent cloud gaming service based in Ukraine

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Microsoft has reached yet another 10-year agreement that will bring Xbox PC games and, should its pending Activision Blizzard acquisition go through, Call of Duty to more platforms. The recipient this time is Boosteroid, a Ukrainian service dubbed "the largest independent cloud gaming provider in the world."

The company announced the agreement today, adding Boosteroid's four million users to the list of 150 million purported gamers who would get newfound access to Call of Duty if the Xbox Activision deal is passed. (Of course, that figure assumes these users had no access to Call of Duty before through alternate platforms, and are also interested in Call of Duty.) As was the case with Nvidia GeForce Now, this deal will bring Xbox PC games to Boosteroid regardless of the deal, and if it closes, the platform will get Call of Duty too. 

Microsoft announced similarly positioned deals with Nintendo and Nvidia just weeks ago. According to a recent report, such deals may have worked, with the European Union now apparently expected to give the deal a key vote of approval. 

While Boosteroid is based in Ukraine, the service does operate in other regions including the US, UK, and countries across the EU, with both browser support and its own dedicated app. The ongoing war in the Ukraine has affected the service to some extent, with two of the company's offices being damaged by Russian missile attacks, but it remains online.

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