Microsoft says it has offered Sony a 10-year contract to make new “Call of Duty” games available on PlayStation at the same time as their release on Xbox if the… Read More
As Microsoft’s pending $68.7 billion-dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to undergo investigation in the UK, new filings reveal Microsoft’s plans for a next-generation app store that will let it… Read More
With its Stadia service, Google tried to make an early break into cloud-based video game publishing and development, but an incomplete launch product and poor sales model brought it down… Read More
Regulators in the UK expressed concern about the competitive implications of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision-Blizzard, saying it could hamper the ability of Sony and other companies to… Read More
Xbox’s subscription services will no longer include free monthly Xbox 360 games as of October 1. The news broke via an email sent to all current Games with Gold and… Read More
Sony released its revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service on Monday, which places its service in indirect competition with Microsoft’s Game Pass. I went ahead and signed up for Plus on… Read More
Ahead of a joint press conference with Bethesda Softworks on Sunday, Microsoft provided an early look at some of its upcoming plans for its Xbox gaming division, including a newly-revealed… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox division is collaborating with Epic Games to put the popular free-to-play online game Fortnite up on its cloud gaming servers. As of May 5, anyone in one of… Read More
Microsoft is currently working on a method of bringing ads into various free-to-play games on the Xbox platform, according to a report from Business Insider. Microsoft has yet to officially… Read More
— Maria Renz, a former Amazon executive and technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, joined Gopuff as senior vice president of North America. Renz was most recently an executive vice president… Read More
A YouTube creator has released a blueprint for a 3D-printed mod for the stock Xbox Series X gamepad, which makes it possible to play video games with just one hand.… Read More
Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a single three-tiered option that’s implicitly meant to be competitive with… Read More
Microsoft wants more indie game developers to use its cloud services with the debut of a new suite of cloud-based tools called ID@Azure. The program, announced as part of the… Read More
It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is on track to become half of its overall revenue. Big investments in Xbox and video games, over two decades, have positioned Microsoft to… Read More
In a piece of news that’s rife with opportunities for puns, none of which I will make, Microsoft announced that the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is now on… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox department announced on Wednesday that Xbox users can once again stream their gameplay directly from their consoles to Twitch. While a Twitch app was available for the Xbox… Read More
Ed Fries is having a big week. His games-focused venture fund 1Up Ventures put money into two separate new gaming studios that debuted on Wednesday: Seattle’s Lost Lake Games and… Read More
Microsoft is aiming to vault itself into the upper echelon of video games with its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, the gaming giant behind such franchises as Warcraft,… Read More
Microsoft has discontinued its Xbox One video game console — or rather, it’s been discontinued for over a year. The Xbox One, Microsoft’s third model of the Xbox and its… Read More
The third-party development studio behind the Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy video game franchises is bringing its official game subscription service to the Xbox platform. Ubisoft’s eponymous game subscription service,… Read More
Halo Infinite‘s campaign, in its best moments, makes me remember why Halo became popular in the first place. At its worst, it feels like it’s going through the motions, content… Read More
Microsoft’s celebration of the Xbox project’s 20th anniversary continued this week with the streaming debut of “Xbox Pioneers: Creativity & Innovation – Past, Present & Future,” a roundtable discussion between… Read More
Ed Fries, one of the original team members at Microsoft that co-created the Xbox, shared his behind-the-scenes stories from his time at the tech giant as part of a celebration… Read More
Can you believe Xbox has been around for 20 years? Our guest on this week’s GeekWire Podcast, Robbie Bach, was there at the beginning, and led Microsoft’s gaming business for… Read More
As part of the slow roll of big Xbox announcements this week, Microsoft said on Wednesday that its Cloud Gaming service is now available on Xbox One and Series X|S… Read More
Microsoft released a pre-recorded presentation Monday to mark and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox. As part of the celebration, Halo developer 343 Industries released a playable beta… Read More
Early Monday morning, Microsoft and 343 Industries released a new six-minute trailer to show off the story of Halo Infinite, its forthcoming first-person shooter set to debut in December. Initially… Read More
Paying off on a running joke from last summer, Microsoft’s Xbox-themed mini-refrigerator is coming to retail in December. Pre-orders open next Tuesday, Oct. 19. The Xbox Series X Mini Fridge… Read More
Microsoft has announced the release date for its forthcoming first-person shooter Halo Infinite, as well as a lineup of special-edition Xbox hardware meant to celebrate the video game franchise’s 20th anniversary.… Read More
Microsoft revealed on Tuesday morning that the long-expected debut of its cloud gaming service on the Xbox family of consoles is set for this holiday season, following earlier releases of… Read More