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Microsoft is set to investment $700 million in a new data centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. As part of the deal with the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board, the state has approved $20 million in tax credits for the computing giant for what has been termed ‘Project Mountain’. The …
Read More »Microsoft investing $700m in Iowa data centre
Expanded facilities to help power Xbox Live and cloud capabilities for Xbox One
Read More »Microsoft Spotlight: Windows Games Ambassadors
Student developer Michael Cameron tells Develop how the programme has helped his job prospects
Read More »Elan Lee joins Xbox Entertainment Studios
Microsoft brings on board former lead game designer to aid TV push
Read More »Bleszinski: Console digital shift still happening
Microsoft and Sony will implement slow and subtle move to online on next-gen hardware
Read More »Phil Fish lashes out at ‘anti-indie’ Xbox One policies
Fez creator says he won't bring sequel to Microsoft consoles
Read More »Fish: Microsoft won’t let me develop for their console, but Sony will
Fez 2 won’t land on any of Microsoft’s platforms because the company doesn’t want it there, creator Phil Fish has stated. Speaking with Polygon, Fish explained that Polytron has no plans to release the sequel on Xbox consoles based on Microsoft’s no self-publishing policy. With Microsoft they’ve made it painfully …
Read More »Skulls of the Shogun developer: Microsoft too incompetent to be evil
Skulls of the Shogun developer Plush Apocalypse Productions has sounded off about the studio’s troubling experience with Microsoft Studios. The game had an exclusivity deal on the game for Xbox 360 and Windows 8 phones and tablets, a deal that’s near its end. Plush Apocalypse’s Borut Pfeifer apparently felt the …
Read More »GAME "immensely impressed" with Microsoft rethink
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has welcomed Microsoft Xbox One rethink. Microsoft have shown that they truly understand and value their fan base and the gaming community as a whole,” GAME’s Martyn Gibbs told Edge. Microsoft have listened to the feedback of recent weeks and acted on it, putting …
Read More »Microsoft "prepared to cut Xbox One price", is "convinced gamers will appreciate Kinect"
US analyst Michael Pachter believes that Microsoft IS prepared to lower the price of Xbox One if it falls too far behind PS4. However, following last night’s dramatic about-face the analyst reckons that Microsoft could yet salvage the situation and achieve next-gen dominance. "Microsoft intends to offer a more robust …
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