Tag: microsoft
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In an exciting statement, Microsoft admits that its games are of lower quality than those of Sony
The war of words that we are witnessing between the two video game giants, Microsoft and Sony, has had repercussions on the industry, as attempts to buy Activision Blizzard in a deal valued at $ 70 billion have become the main concern of analysts, media professionals and critics. PlayStation clearly and explicitly seeks to prevent…
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Big acquisitions “destroy creativity” in the video game industry – developer
There is no doubt that 2022 was a year full of surprises of high caliber about the phenomenon of acquisitions, which has now become the news of the hour. Every week we may have news of a large company’s acquisition of one of the emerging companies or new studios, and the name of major companies…
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Facebook developer Meta defends Microsoft to buy Activision…
Meta, the owner of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, defended Microsoft and its acquisition of Activision through some documents submitted to the Brazilian regulator. Meta has submitted a series of documents that were previously submitted to a regulatory body in Brazil known as the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, the equivalent of the Federal…
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Exclusive content in the game Call of Duty for PlayStation devices amid the war between Microsoft and Sony
Today, during the COD Next event, many details were revealed about the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2, but the surprising thing is the clear and explicit announcement of the exclusive PlayStation content that players will get when purchasing the game on Sony platforms. Usually, exclusive PlayStation content is announced through…
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After failing to provide guarantees, Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision is entering a critical and long phase.
It seems that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision will enter a long and awkward path after the British and European governments decided to enter it into the second stage due to lack of confidence. Last week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation into the $68.7 billion merger deal may be expanded to…
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Xbox Series consoles will get a new interface next year
As part of the plan to support the new generation Xbox Series X|S devices, Microsoft announced that it will work on updating the user interface completely during the next year. Xbox announced a while ago its intention to revamp the “Xbox dashboard” user interface, which Chief Product Manager Ivy Krislov commented on, which he called…
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Head of Xbox Studios: The time to develop AAA games in one studio is over
The head of Xbox Studios said today that the time to develop big games on a budget and the size of AAA games in one studio is long over. During one of the Q&A episodes of PAX West 2022, Matt Bowie was asked whether the reason why so many big titles were postponed from their…
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Phil Spencer’s letter to Jim Ryan about the guarantee of a Call of Duty release on PlayStation is suspicious
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft, sent a private message to PlayStation President Jim Ryan, in which he provided guarantees that the Call of Duty game will be released on PlayStation platforms “for several years” after the end of the PlayStation agreements with Activision. This suspicious message was addressed by a report published by…
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After the CMA decision, the head of Xbox confirms: Call of Duty will be released on Game Pass from day one, and on the PlayStation platform as well..
Microsoft’s Xbox Studios Director Phil Spencer said through an official statement about the fate of the Call of Duty series after the acquisition of Activision, confirming that it will be released from day one on the Xbox Game Pass service. Through Microsoft’s official blog Blogs.Microsoft, Xbox Studios Director Phil Spencer stated about the fate of…
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Microsoft responds after Sony announced a price hike for the PlayStation 5…
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the company does not plan to increase the prices of the Xbox Series X/S at the present time, after Sony raised the prices of the PlayStation 5 devices starting today. Through the Windows Central website, a news item was published in which he talked about Microsoft’s upcoming plan regarding the…
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