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2022 is starting out with a seismic shift in the games industry. Microsoft has announced that they have agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard. According to the announcement, this means that Microsoft will now own Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major Leag...
A December report stated Sony is working on its own version of the Xbox/PC Game Pass codenamed Spartacus, where players pay a monthly subscription fee to play a selected bunch of games for a particular console. Xbox boss Phil Spencer reacts positively to this piece of news, according to an IGN interview. "I don't mean it to sound like we've got it...
Talk about reading the room. First, it was Sony Interactive president and CEO Jim Ryan criticizing Activision Blizzard in an internal email. Now, it's Xbox boss Phil Spencer sending a similar email to Microsoft staff (via Bloomberg). Spencer said that the Xbox leadership team is "disturbed and deeply troubled by the horrific events and action" a...
Xbox head Phil Spencer likes the PS5 DualSense controller. In fact, he likes it so much that he not only praises it, he also said that Xbox will likely incorporate some of the features of the DualSense controller into the Xbox controller sometime in the future. The PS5 DualSense controller is currently one of the few controllers with unique Hapt...
If you're hoping for an Xbox Killer Instinct fighting game sequel or follow-up, certain developers & fans may need to rise up to the challenge. According to Xbox lead Phil Spencer on the Dropped Frames podcast, he said that the company needs the right team to make this work. "There are so many good games in our catalogue that we’d lo...
After a decent showing at E3 2021 earlier this month, Halo Infinite is still slated for a Holiday 2021 release date/window. According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, they have already narrowed the upcoming game's release window to a range of several weeks, but they haven't decided on a specific release date as of yet. During an interview in a video w...
Key figures from Xbox and Bethesda gathered in a roundtable live stream earlier today. They discussed what Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda will translate to in the near and far future. Xbox head Phil Spencer spoke more about what exclusivity will mean for Bethesda games moving forward. While Microsoft will continue to release Be...
The most recent Xbox podcast hosted by Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb featured a lengthy topic discussion about the recent Bethesda acquisition. The man on point in the discussion? Xbox division head honcho Phil Spencer. He said the following: The Xbox and Bethesda deal's final approval will come in 2021. Right now, Microsoft is "hands-off" w...
In September 2020, Xbox shocked the entire games industry when they announced that they have acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda. What this means is that they now own franchises like Doom, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and more. In a video interview with Bloomberg, Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that the company would still be...
After the major Bethesda US$7.5 billion buyout via Microsoft Xbox, gamers are wondering if Bethesda-published titles like the Fallout, Dishonored, and Doom series will have a future outside of PC and Xbox consoles. Not releasing those RPGs and open-world games on the PlayStation means that the Xbox is looking pretty sexy if you're into those gam...
Microsoft caused ripples in the games industry two days ago when they announced to the world that they have made acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, id Software, Arkane, and more. The company splurged over a whopping US$7.5 billion, giving them now ownership over iconic game franchises like The Elder Scrolls, F...
The war between Epic Games and Apple is heating up, as allies join the fray. Microsoft has filed a statement "in support of Epic's request to keep access to the Apple SDK for its Unreal Engine", according to a tweet by Xbox head Phil Spencer. Microsoft believes that Epic Games having access to the latest Apple technology is "the right thing for...
In a shocking announcement, Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down its Mixer streaming service on 22 July 2020 but plans to move existing partners (like Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins, Shroud and others) over to Facebook Gaming. Mixer has always struggled to compete with the likes of other more successful streaming services like Twitch, YouTube, ...
After so many years since 1995, E3 is cancelled for 2020 due to the coronavirus. So where does that leave its many publishers and developers to showcase their latest and upcoming games? We can't speak for them, but so far Xbox has announced that they will be doing a digital event. According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, the company will celebrate the...
It looks like everyone's voicing their growing disinterest and abandonment of VR gaming, despite Valve shocking the gaming industry and the world last week by announcing Half-Life Alyx, a full-fledged major VR game and the iconic franchise’s official return since 2004’s Half-Life 2. CD Projekt Red recently called VR gaming "extrem...
It looks like the console wars may be winding down faster than fans think, or maybe it was never that concerning for those in the games industry itself. Gamers like to think of these massive corporations at each other's throats, always working to raze the other to the ground. However, according to Xbox head Phil Spencer, that's not the case at all...
Gaming is famous for its enduring rivalries between companies, such as the legendary war between Sega and Nintendo in the 80s/90s, and the current console wars between Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. Healthy competition is part and parcel of a thriving industry. E3 2019 suffered from the absence of a major player, as Sony PlayStation deci...
The Xbox press briefing for E3 2019 is done. And they've announced a ton of games as well as paved their future with an upcoming new console: Project Scarlett. I'll be honest: this whole presentation didn't make me totally excited for Halo or a new Xbox console again, but maybe because I'm pretty jaded about these things. However, the company stil...
Rumour has it that Xbox One games will be playable on the Nintendo Switch. According to a Direct Feed Games/Game Informer report, Microsoft plans to bring some Xbox games onto the Nintendo eShop and allow Game Pass subscribers to access the service's catalogue on the Switch using Project xCloud streaming. Basically, this means that Halo and Gears ...
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