Microsoft has shut down emulation of classic games on the Xbox Series X/S on April 6th and a small but passionate community of retro enthusiasts, keepers and homebrew developers is in turmoil. They’re urging the console maker to reverse course and make legal copying easy again, even if it means potentially angering rivals like Sony ...
The director of Xbox’s indie division wants you to believe that Game Pass isn’t “disrupting” the gaming ecosystem, despite the company. Ambitions for massive PC growth. These comments were made in response to people wondering if the popular subscription service would fundamentally change the way gamers buy games — or if they would buy them ...
redfall, Arkane’s upcoming vampire shooter, won’t be available on Xbox and PC until later this year. However, this does not always seem to have been the case. A new interview has revealed that Arkane was working on a PlayStation 5 version of the game until Microsoft bought the studio’s parent company, Bethesda, and then preserved ...
photo: Alex Wang (Getty Images) Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion deal with Activision Blizzard is under scrutiny from regulators. It still seems to be creeps towards its unstoppable endbut things get very messy and incredibly silly in the process. The latest stunt? Activision’s chief communications officer accused Sony Interactive ...
Microsoft President Brad Smithphoto: Valeria Mongelli / Bloomberg (Getty Images) Today, Microsoft President Brad Smith and Xbox CEO Phil Spencer spoke briefly to the media about it ongoing attempt to consume Activision Blizzard Kingonce again pretending it was all about the bigger spavin call of Duty. At one point, Smith said he had a contract ...
“It’s a me, Call of Duty!”Picture: Activision Blizzard / Nintendo / Kotaku Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Vice Chairman, announced today that the company has signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox games to Nintendo consoles. blacksmith went to twitter to announce the “binding” contract, which promises to “convert Xbox games and Activision titles like ...
picture: 343 Industries / Microsoft Things haven’t been going well for Xbox lately. Microsoft faces stiff resistance in its attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard. It hasn’t released any major exclusive blockbusters in the past year. And it just shed over 10,000 jobs last week, including many experienced developers at Halo infinity Studio 343 Branches. Microsoft ...
photo: Patrick T Fallon (Getty Images) A few hours ago, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer sent a company-wide email to all full-time employees in Microsoft’s gaming divisions. A copy of the email was shared with my city from a current Xbox employee, we’ve confirmed its authenticity, and the full text has been transcribed below: This has ...
Somehow, 2022 was both a very big, successful year for Xbox and Game Pass, and one that felt like the gaming giant was slowly losing steam. Sure, the Xbox Series S has quietly become one of the biggest next-gen success stories – easy to find and cheaper than the PS5 or Series X – but ...
Xbox Game Studios CEO Phil Spencer takes the stage at the 2015 Game Awards.photo: Allen Berezovsky (Getty Images) It would not be the first timebut Xbox fans are upset in the wake yesterday’s broadcast of The Game Awards. The problem? While competitors like Sony scooped up award after award, the Xbox brand and Xbox-related games ...
