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Read More »Microsoft opens doors to Xbox-PlayStation cross-platform multiplayer
Well isn’t Microsoft just full of surprises. Having set parts of the fandom alight with its recent comments about the marriage of Xbox and PC, Microsoft has now said that it is fully embracing cross-platform online multiplayer. But we’re not just talking between Xbox and PC – Microsoft is happy …
Read More »Spencer concedes PC gamers may have little reason to buy an Xbox One
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the number of Xbox titles making their way to PC may reduce the need for some corners of the market to buy into Xbox One. When pressed by Polygon on why a gamer with a decent gaming PC would need to buy Microsoft, …
Read More »Minecraft to allow devs to test in-game AI
Open-source AIX platform to support cause-and-effect study of artificial intelligence by developers, researchers and students
Read More »Tim Sweeney’s five steps to fixing Microsoft’s UWP
“Microsoft has no right to impose its certification regime on software obtained outside of its store”
Read More »PlayStation heads to Guildford to hire Lionhead staff
PlayStation is holding a job fair for Lionhead employees on Monday. The Xbox-owned studio is facing closure following the cancellation of its game, Fable Legends, earlier this week. PlayStation operates a number of UK outfits, including Media Molecule, Guerrilla Cambridge and London Studios, all of which are working on PS4 …
Read More »Sony announces job fair for Lionhead staff
Recruitment event to be held on Monday, March 14th in Guildford
Read More »OPINION: Dear Xbox, I think you’re making a mistake with Lionhead
Phil Spencer’s repetitive insistence that Xbox remains ‘committed to first party’ seems to be falling on deaf ears. Because, as some of the firm’s more vocal critics will tell you, what Microsoft says and what Microsoft does are often very different. It’s just announced the intention to close two internal …
Read More »Gears of War 4 ‘possibly’ coming to PC
The developer of the next Gears of War has not ruled out a release for the game on PC. Speaking to Game Informer, studio head at The Coalition Rod Fergusson replied with a possibly” when asked if Gears of War 4 could ever come to PC. The news comes at …
Read More »Lionhead ceases Fable Legends development, considering closure
Microsoft announces that Danish Project Knoxville studio Press Play has already been shuttered
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