Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games won’t appear on Xbox Game Pass until next year. On the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer claimed that players wouldn’t be seeing a big drop of those titles immediately, due to the lengthy regulatory challenges the company faced in its buyout attempt. Since it …
Call of Duty will join Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed. A Microsoft blog post details that Activision Blizzard’s library of games will be available on the Xbox game subscription service, once the acquisition deal goes through. The lineup will also include other quality titles such as Overwatch and Diablo. That …
PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has labelled Microsoft’s offer to keep Call of Duty on the platform “inadequate on so many levels.” Both Ryan and Xbox CEO Phil Spencer — the biggest gaming executives — are hashing it out in public, in regards to Call of Duty’s multi-platform agreement. Speaking to The Verge last week, Spencer …
Microsoft is planning a mid-gen refresh for its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, eyeing a release in 2024. A series of leaked court documents from the Microsoft vs. US FTC trial revealed a roadmap and concept images for its upcoming set of gaming systems, which also includes a new controller with gyro and …
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer considered buying Nintendo at one point, a leaked 2020 email revealed. Multiple documents from Microsoft’s trial with the US FTC were leaked Tuesday, with one showing a casual discussion about buying the Mario maker, where Spencer called it a “career moment” and implied that a collaboration would be a ‘good …
The Elder Scrolls VI is now in early development, Bethesda has confirmed. Speaking to Spanish publication Vandal, Bethesda’s Head of Publishing Pete Hines confirmed that while the hype for Starfield draws ever so close, some developers at the studio have been working on the Tamriel fantasy sequel, which has now left the pre-production stage. Both …
Baldur’s Gate III will be coming to Xbox consoles this year after all. In a tweet, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke confirmed that he and Xbox head Phil Spencer had found a solution to bring the critically acclaimed CRPG to Microsoft’s current-gen consoles. There’s one catch though: the game won’t support split-screen co-op on the …
In a video deposition, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan expressed his concerns about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and criticized Xbox Game Pass, claiming that it is “value destructive.” While Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer previously stated that Game Pass is a sustainable and profitable service, Ryan stated that he spoke to publishers who have titles …
In court documents related to the ongoing FTC trial over the Activision Blizzard acquisition, it has been revealed that Microsoft has shown interest in acquiring gaming giants Sega, Bungie, and Niantic in recent years. According to emails reviewed by The Verge, in November 2020, Xbox chief Phil Spencer reached out to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella …
Microsoft and Xbox have faced a challenging few days. First, their ambitious and costly attempt to acquire Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard was blocked by Britain’s competition regulator on April 26, citing concerns about cloud gaming. Then, Redfall, Xbox’s highly anticipated exclusive game of the year, received overwhelmingly negative reviews upon its release on …