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New division looks to be taking charge of Azure Cloud for gaming in the short-term with plans for a fully-streamed version of Xbox Game Pass in the future
Read More »Microsoft’s plans for new Cloud Gaming Division are somewhat nebulous
Phil Spencer tells Xbox home truths at DICE: “The product we’d built wasn’t meeting the expectations of our customers”
"It was obvious Microsoft needed a reboot."
Read More »Xbox and Blizzard go dog mad for Chinese New Year
Publishers celebrate man’s best friend with cosplay and puppy parties
Read More »Microsoft resurgent: Gaming Revenue up 8 per cent thanks to Xbox One X
Microsoft showed strong gaming growth despite a lack of exclusives
Read More »Xbox’s Spencer on Booty promotion: ‘we’re going to invest more in content’
Xbox’s Phil Spencer last night announced that Matt Booty would be promoted to corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios – putting him in charge of games development and publishing. Booty was previously in charge of Minecraft development. The good news for the platform as a whole, though, is that the …
Read More »Microsoft hints at developer acquisitions and game streaming service
Xbox intends to bolster its range of first party games in a strategic shift back toward software. In an interview with Bloomberg, Xbox boss Phil Spencer – who was recently promoted to a role where he reports directly to Microsoft boss Satya Nadella – has said that the company is …
Read More »Microsoft to move gaming focus to software following Xbox One X launch
The Xbox manufacturer will refocus back to games development following a tough few years for its first party studios
Read More »Microsoft’s Kinect camera ceases production – Reports
Both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One camera will no longer be produced but its sensor tech will be in Hololens
Read More »Xbox boss says single-player games are not dead
Shannon Loftis, speaking to Gamespot, says that while the market isn't dead, the economics are "a little more complicated"
Read More »The Develop Post-Mortem: Forza Horizon 3
There has been a Forza branded game released every year since 2012. Three of these have been created by Leamington Spa-based Playground Games, earning acclaim as some of the best racers ever. Sean Cleaver speaks to creative director Ralph Fulton to find out the story of Forza Horizon 3
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