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Xbox Developer_Direct's second presentation saw Turn 10 Studios step onto the stage as they showcased their latest instalment to the Forza franchise, the rebooting of Forza Motorsport. Unfortunately, there has been no word on a release date other than it is anticipated to release sometime this year in 2023 and will be available on PC and the Xbo...
Microsoft said that its Xbox and Xbox Game Pass service has attracted a record 120 million monthly active users during the quarter that ended in December 2022. This was announced during Microsoft's second-quarter earnings call this week via CEO Satya Nadella, adding that Xbox saw "new highs for Game Pass" during that period of time. The company ...
Gamers can expect some new announcements at this Thursday morning's Xbox & Bethesda Developer Direct showcase. One of them will be from the Shinji Mikami-led Tango Gameworks. According to a leak via bilbil-kun (on Videogames Chronicle), the alleged new game will be called Hi-Fi RUSH and will be released in both Standard and Deluxe edition. T...
PlayStation/Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't a fan of Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard, as they've stated time and again over the past few months. The company that made Xbox isn't taking this lying down and has served Sony Interactive Entertainment a subpoena. This is to help build its defence against a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit. ...
On the same day that Microsoft announced it would be laying off 10,000 workers, including employees at game studios Bethesda and 343 Industries, former senior multiplayer designer on Halo Infinite, Patrick Wren, criticized the management's direction for the game. Leaks also emerged claiming that there were plans to develop DLCs for Halo Infinite's ...
League of Legends is now available on the Xbox Game Pass which may confuse some of you as you may know that Riot Games' world-renowned MOBA is free-to-play. So what does Game Pass do for you? Well, it saves you a bunch of time and money as by linking your Riot account with your Game Pass, you will play as every champion in the game. With 162...
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission planned to file a lawsuit to stop Microsoft's US$69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which it argues would enable the company to "suppress competitors" to its Xbox consoles and its subscription content and cloud gaming business. The deal could reduce PlayStation's ability to compete since ...
The coals for the fire are still piling up. In the latest update and talk about the Activision Blizzard X Microsoft proposed acquisition, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that Sony's plan for growth is to "make Xbox smaller". During a Second Request podcast session, Phil Spencer claims Sony was the "one major opposer" to the Microsoft-Acti...
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to block Microsoft Xbox from acquiring Activision Blizzard for US$68.7 billion. The reason for FTC's decision is because they claim that the Microsoft Xbox Activision Blizzard deal would give them too much of a monopoly in the games industry and "would enable Microsoft to suppress competit...
CEO of Microsoft Gaming and Xbox, Phil Spencer made an announcement on Twitter stating that Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty back to Nintendo consoles along with an identical pledge to continue publishing Call of Duty to Steam as well. The last Nintendo console to see a Call of Duty game was the Wii U. So yes...
Friday, 2 December last day of Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director Tom French's stint with the company after working on Halo for over 11 and a half years. French announced his departure on Twitter stating "It's been a massive honor to have been part of a game I loved so much as a player and admired so much as a developer. I couldn...
Microsoft Xbox is now joining Sony PlayStation and other game companies as they have announced that the price of first-party titles on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will be increased from US$60 to US$70 starting in 2023. This will include upcoming 2023 games like Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield. However, console prices remain the...
A possible plot twist to the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal could be happening. According to sources from Politico, the Federal Trade Commission is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard. The FTC Chair Lina Khan plans to "reign in the power of the world's largest technology companies". Se...
Sony Interactive Entertainment says that it's confident the UK Competition and Markets Authority will do its best to prohibit Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The company's recent response to CMA's statement, which involves investigating the Xbox and Activision Blizzard deal that is worth US$68.7 billion due to antitrust ...
The Embracer Group-owned game developer Crystal Dynamics is hard at work with numerous projects, like with a new Tomb Raider and Guardians of The Galaxy game. But it's also co-developing the next Perfect Dark entry alongside Xbox. According to the game developer's CEO Phil Rogers, the development of the Perfect Dark reboot is going "extremely we...
Microsoft’s head of gaming, Phil Spencer has stated that he is open to making a commitment to Sony so that Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation longer than currently agreed. Check out the piece we did on Sony's rejection of Microsoft's offer to keep CoD on PlayStation On The Verge’s Decoder podcast, where Spencer explained that he is open to...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II's official release is less than 24 hours away now, and with that Activision Blizzard has come out with a blog post entailing everything that will be available at launch. Full Game Pre-Load Begins Depending on the platform, pre-load the rest of Modern Warfare II before or during Campaign Early Access to ensure Mult...
It has come to light through a Business Insider report that Microsoft has laid off around 1,000 employees across their entire workforce. According to the report, cuts have affected staff from the Xbox division, as well as those from the Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology organisation. It’s also been revealed that Studio Alpha, whic...
With the Open Beta having launched and only a month until its official release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is already topping the Steam charts. Since the beta's release on all platforms publicly, Modern Warfare II has quickly risen in popularity ahead of its full release on 28 October. So much so that its status on the Steam charts forecast...
Update(15/9/2022): Bumped to 15th September, on the big day. Tokyo Game Show 2022 is coming soon mid-September, and will feature a ton of news from many of Japan's finest. We're talking Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, and even others like Xbox who will be showcasing the latest and greatest. The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association ...
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