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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang will not result in the game being dropped on rival platforms. At Microsoft, we believe in the power of content to unite people,” he said. Minecraft adds diversity to our game portfolio and helps us reach new gamers across …
Read More »Tomb Raider is Xbox One’s answer to Uncharted 4, Spencer says
Microsoft has admitted that its controversial capture of Square Enix’s Rise of the Tomb Raider as an Xbox exclusive is designed to fend off the threat of Uncharted 4. I’m a big fan of Uncharted and I wish we had an action adventure game of that ilk,” Xbox boss Phil …
Read More »Spencer: I don’t want the Rare brand to mean Kinect Sports
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has once again reiterated Microsoft’s desire to ensure that Rare isn’t left languishing in a post-Kinect haze. Having made its names with a string of hit titles during Nintendo’s console heyday, in recent times the now Microsoft owned studio has effectively been tasked with stewarding the …
Read More »‘Frame rate is more important than resolution’, says Xbox boss Spencer
The boss of Xbox has argued that people shouldn’t get too hung up on game resolutions. Although this is of course no surprise coming from a platform holder whose flagship machine has struggled to hit 1080p, Phil Spencer rightly told CVG that a smooth and stable frame rate is far …
Read More »Yoshida: Xbox more consistent with Spencer in charge, PS4-Xbox One gap widening
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has described Xbox boss Phil Spencer as a reasonable, smart guy” and claimed his predecessor used to say some unbelievable things”. Spencer took control of Xbox in the spring and spearheaded an apologetic and humble E3 2014 presentation that make big strides toward getting …
Read More »Microsoft reiterates that Family Sharing could return to Xbox One
Some of the digital functionality stripped from Xbox One in the weeks after E3 2013 is currently scheduled to make a return. "We looked at the digital features that we had talked about last year and as a gamer there were a lot of those features that I think really …
Read More »Microsoft insists Windows gaming is ‘critical’ despite E3 no-show
E3 wasn’t the right place to discuss Microsoft’s Windows gaming strategy, Microsoft’s games boss Phil Spencer has said. Spencer has previously promised that a renewed focus on Windows and PC gaming inside Microsoft is definitely happening”, but PC gaming was not mentioned once in Microsoft’s E3 press event last week. …
Read More »Kinect-less Xbox One SKU will lead to HIGHER Kinect sales, Spencer argues
Microsoft’s decision to drop Kinect from the new 349 Xbox One SKU will actually increase the number of Kinect units sold. That’s according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who told Polygon: "This might seem backwards, but I believe the decision we made to allow people to buy Xbox One without …
Read More »Destiny gets Xbox One GPU boost following Kinect relegation
Bungie has been able to increase the resolution of Destiny on Xbox One thanks to the dropping of Kinect. Microsoft confirmed last week that its recent move to make Kinect non-mandatory means that developers will now have the option of utilising GPU resources that were formally reserved for the peripheral …
Read More »Microsoft and Rare are ‘evaluating what to do next’
Will the upcoming un-bundling of Kinect have any negative ramifications for Microsoft’s Rare studio? That was the question put to Xbox boss Phil Spencer by OXM, although the exec of course stressed the ongoing importance of the Kinect Sports, Viva Pinata, Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong Country, …
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