Vole Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony and Microsoft have agreed to a "binding agreement" to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. This ends a bitter battle between the companies that has been waged privately and publicly over the past year after Microsoft announced its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard in January 2022.

Kari Perez, head of global communications at Xbox said that the deal is only for Call of Duty, though and is the same as that between Microsoft and Nintendo, rather than the various deals Microsoft has struck with Nvidia and other cloud gaming platforms to bring Call of Duty and other Xbox / Activision games to rival services.

Microsoft has always maintained it would keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, arguing it doesn't make financial sense to pull the game from Sony's consoles. Xbox chief Spencer tried to settle the argument in November before appearing in court last month and reiterating, under oath, that Call of Duty would remain on PlayStation 5.

The deal is still at the mercy of UK regulators after Microsoft's proposed deal was blocked there earlier this year.