[STEAM][PRESS]Microsoft sets its sights on your phone as it plans to open its own mobile games store this summer

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is coming for that mobile money, as it confirms it plans to open its own mobile gaming store later this year.

You might assume that the major reason behind

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buying Activision Blizzard would be because of titles like Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft, particularly that first one. Well, you'd probably be somewhat right there, but it's obvious that

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had another aspect in mind: the mobile market. For one, Call of Duty itself is already successful on mobile, but

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also now owns Candy Crush developer King, a mobile title that still rakes in money all these years later. And now, speaking at the recent

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(paywalled, thanks

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), Xbox president Sarah bond announced that the company plans to launch a mobile gaming store this coming July.

The store will apparently first launch on the web, rather than an app, so that it can be accessed across a broad range of devices, though an app is likely to follow suit. This isn't the first mention of plans for a mobile gaming store, as

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had mentioned its intention to do so last year following the ********* Union's Digital Markets Act, which made it easier for companies to open their own digital stores. Bond noted that initially the store will feature games from

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-owned studios, like Candy Crush Saga.

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