Tag: xbox
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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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Microsoft: 250 Japanese developers are currently working on games for Xbox…
As part of the TGS 2022 Tokyo Video Game Show, Microsoft announced the existence of long and deep partnerships with many Japanese developers who are currently working on titles for Xbox. During IGN Japan’s special coverage (via VGC) on Saturday, Sarah Bond, who is the vice president of Xbox gaming for Microsoft, was asked if…
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Microsoft responds to Sony by gifting Japanese gamers 5,000 yen when buying an Xbox Series S
Microsoft responded harshly to Sony in Japan after the latter raised the price of its new device by 10% there, while the Japanese player when buying the Xbox Series S will receive 5,000 yen “Store” to buy from the digital store. The plot of this Microsoft offer to buy the Xbox Series S in Japan…
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How to use the Discord app on Xbox devices, here’s how..
A few days ago, the famous Discord app was announced on Xbox for the current and past generation, and below we will tell you how you can use the app across the mentioned devices. The Discord application currently fully supports Xbox devices of the past and current generations in addition to text and voice chat,…
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Phil Spencer confirms that they will not raise the prices of Xbox consoles and explains why.
At a time when Sony took the initiative to raise the prices of PlayStation 5 devices under the pretext of global economic inflation, Microsoft is still sticking to the decision not to raise the prices of Xbox devices, whatever the circumstances. This was stated by Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division at Microsoft, again…
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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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CMA: The Xbox Activision deal will affect the PlayStation 6 and beyond.
The British Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA) released a 35-point statement expressing its concerns that the Xbox Activision deal would crush competitors, especially the future of the PlayStation brand. According to the statement, the authority indicated that the effects of this deal may not appear now, but it may appear in the future when Sony…
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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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