Microsoft is pushing forward with “full speed ahead” on its next-generation console, an internal email from Xbox president Sarah Bond has revealed. The email, obtained by Windows Central and verified to be genuine by Microsoft, not only announces the upcoming console but also highlights the formation of a game preservation team at Xbox. “We are […]
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Will Microsoft And Xbox Ban Games Like Stellar Blade?
Fandom Pulse previously covered DEI commissar Katy Jo Wright, Head of ‘Gaming for Everyone & Sustainability’ at Microsoft’s Xbox, and her interview at GDC24, where she discussed the development of the Product Inclusion Framework, aimed at forcing game developers to integrate diversity and inclusion principles into game development. This toolkit, although framed as being voluntary, […]
Xbox Doubles Down On DEI Agenda Following Sweet Baby Inc Backlash
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has now come to a close, but many of the topics that were discussed there remain a mystery. Following right on the heels of the Sweet Baby Inc backlash, the GDC could not have been scheduled at a more inopportune time for DEI activists in the games industry. While much […]
Microsoft Expands Xbox Strategy with Multi-Platform Games and New Hardware
Microsoft recently announced that four Xbox-exclusive games will soon be available on PS5 and Nintendo Switch, marking a significant shift in the company’s strategy. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer shared the new Xbox vision in an internal memo to employees, emphasizing the company’s commitment to reaching gamers on multiple platforms. Spencer revealed that four games […]
Woke Indiana Jones Game Looks To Have PS5 Launch As Microsoft Panics
In the last 5 years, we have seen Microsoft launch an aggressive campaign to dominate the video game industry, gobbling up major studios such as Activision and Bethesda. Despite costing them billions of dollars and spending months tied up in court, Microsoft has seemingly managed to rival Sony and Nintendo for platform-exclusive titles. Rumors are […]
Microsoft To Shut Down Distribution Team Of All Physical Media For Xbox
In a brutal but predictable turn of events, Microsoft announced this week that there would be massive layoffs in their Gaming Division, reducing the headcount at Xbox and Blizzard by almost 2000 out of the 22,000 active personnel. Among the notable departures was the president of recently acquired Activision Blizzard, Mike Ybarra, who issued his […]
Microsoft Dumps 1,900 Activision/Blizzard & Xbox Employees As It Shelves A New 6-Year Passion IP For Blizzard
Blizzard Entertainment, now owned by Microsoft Corp., announced major layoffs on Thursday as part of a company reorganization. The video game maker canceled one of its largest projects, codenamed “Odyssey,” resulting in nearly 2,000 employees being laid off. This represents 8% of Blizzard’s total staff. Employees received the devastating news in an email from Microsoft […]
RUMOR: Final Fantasy XVI Won’t Be Sony Exclusive, Going To Xbox X|S After Leaked Confirmation
Final Fantasy XVI was a PS5 at release on June 22 2023, and had no immediate ports or versions available on other consoles and platforms, in part because Final Fantasy XVI has a minimum six-month exclusive contract with Sony. However, that did not mean that it couldn’t come to other platforms at some point; and […]
MachineGames Dips In The ESG Moneypit As Trailer For New Indiana Jones Game Shows Off DEI Dev Crew And Potential Release Secrets
Developer MachineGames’ upcoming video game “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” is scheduled to release in 2024, featuring the return of the legendary explorer Indiana Jones. The goal of this Microsoft exclusive game for Xbox and PC is to bring to life the exciting action and international mysteries that fans adore about the venerable series. […]
Gaming Rivals Sony and Microsoft Getting Closer Over Potential Console-Hopping Popular Live-Service Game ‘Sea of Thieves’
Rumors have circulated in recent days that Microsoft is considering bringing its Xbox first-party games to competing platforms once again. This wouldn’t be unprecedented – Microsoft has established itself as one of the largest “third-party” publishers on Steam and PlayStation with games like Diablo, Call of Duty, and Minecraft now under the Microsoft brand after […]
China Gaming Market Takes $80 Billion Loss Limiting In-Game Rewards For Daily, First Time Players
The bureaucratic bring-downs of the CCP dealt a blow to the world’s largest games market, which had resumed growth this year, by announcing a plethora of new regulations aimed at restricting video game spending and rewards in China. A few days ago, the new regulations—which essentially set spending caps for online gaming—caused a panic among […]
