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Read More »Vodafone UK partners with Microsoft to stream Xbox games using xCloud
Gears 5 might not have topped the sales charts, but Xbox says it’s the ‘biggest launch week of any Xbox Game Studios title this generation’
"On the PC, Gears 5 has nearly tripled the performance of its predecessor and [is] Xbox Game Studios’ best-ever debut on Steam"
Read More »Double Fine’s publishing business is uncertain following Microsoft acquisition, says Schafer
"I don't know if it structurally makes sense to have a publisher within [another publisher]. It's a complicated issue"
Read More »Microsoft admits contractors have listened to Xbox players via Kinect and Cortana in their homes
"We’ve long been clear that we collect voice data to improve voice-enabled services," says Microsoft
Read More »Xbox: ‘We have no plans to expand any upcoming first-party titles to any other consoles’
With Gears 5 heading to Steam, plus Ori and the Blind Forest being converted to Switch, Aaron Greenberg, GM of games marketing, clarifies Xbox’s first-party strategy to Seth Barton
Read More »Microsoft’s ‘global celebration of everything Xbox’ X019 event is coming to London
Expect "a world-class Xbox experience"
Read More »New Microsoft patent hints at plans to take on Nintendo Switch
Controller would clip to each side of a smartphone screen
Read More »Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony will ‘require’ developers to disclose loot boxes odds by 2020
"The video game industry relies on creating relationships with our players based on fun, but just as importantly on trust"
Read More »Gaming revenue down 10%, with a 48% drop in hardware sales, as Xbox enters a transitional period for console business
Gaming revenue and Xbox software and services fall by 10% and 3% respectively
Read More »Publishing rights for Alan Wake ‘revert’ to Remedy
The deal will see the company earn EUR2.5m of royalties
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