In Xbox related news, Microsoft ran an important showcase for the independent gaming studios and developers community as Xbox has been a stronghold for indies developers for years and 2023 is not an exception.
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Activision Blizzard will not join Xbox Game Studios if it can be bought by Microsoft
For weeks I had been mixing Xbox Game Studios with Activision Blizzard as I thought (an MANY GAMERS) that the direct effect on Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard would be making it part of the Xbox Game Studios family, but as per a report, it claims that it will not be the case.
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And yet again, Microsoft is offering only 2 Xbox Live Gold games for July 2023
With one exception, since October 2022 when Microsoft confirmed that has ended their available catalog for free claimable Xbox 360 games, it was time to receive only Xbox One games, but people have been questioning why Microsoft cannot offer a minimum of 3 games or maybe extend to a 4th game.
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Microsoft seriously considered buying Square Enix to have Final Fantasy guaranteed on Xbox
You all remember there is a resounding rumor that Square Enix could have just got rid of their western studios last year to make it attractive to be bought and that a main buyer was in the form of Sony and Playstation?
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Day 3 of the FTC Preliminary Injunction against Microsoft focused on the economics
As expected, Tuesday was Day 3 and more focus on the economics effect on both the scenarios regarding Activision Blizzard becoming a member of Xbox Game Studios if Microsoft is allowed to buy it.
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Microsoft wanted to make a buying spree for Xbox Game Pass including buying back Bungie
Late 90’s, the news was that Microsoft acquired a gaming studio known to be a heavy Macintosh gaming creator that was working on an original intellectual property that could star in a secret gaming project based on Windows and later we found out it was Bungie from Seattle creating Halo.
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Editorial: Takeaways of the first half of the Preliminary Injunction hearing of FTC vs Microsoft
Many within the legal and gaming community agree that this is the most important part of the journey of Microsoft trying to legally buy Activision Blizzard as the FTC decided to invoke a preliminary injunction.
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Kojima Productions exclusive Xbox Game Pass Cloud game development is going well
A week after the Xbox Games Showcase + Starfield Direct, Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer is doing a proper and much needed media tour in Japan, a market that has been historically difficult for Xbox in another attempt to appeal to japanese gamers.
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Microsoft is officially not making new games for Xbox One consoles family
While the Xbox One, Xbox One S and Xbox One X were physically done by 2020, Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios were stretching along with 3rd party gaming studios some more life with games until things normalized after the pandemic, but everything that has a beginning, has an end.
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People Can Fly & Microsoft inks a partnership deal to develop a Xbox Game Studio product
No, it doesn’t mean that Bulletstorms and Outriders developers are joining Xbox Game Studios and also, is not the original IP that People Can Fly announced that it was developing for a failed 2K Games publishing deal, but it means more work regardless.
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