Xbox’s Showcase Promises Surprises, But Activision Blizzard Isn’t One of Them
While the confirmed list of participants includes prominent studios, fans hoping for updates from Activision Blizzard may be disappointed.
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Naoki Yoshida Reveals Dream Collaboration Between Final Fantasy 14 and Diablo 4
The possibility of a Diablo collaboration, along with other exciting partnerships, further broadens Final Fantasy 14's future possibilities.
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How Blizzard is Asking Players to Save Lives with Diablo 4
This is certainly one way of making people want to play Diablo 4, all the while contributing to a good cause.
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Las Vegas Sphere Lights Up with Xbox and PlayStation Epicness
PlayStation and Xbox have taken the console wars all the way to Las Vegas, much to the delight of fans around the world.
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Microsoft Wanted Nintendo, but Did Nintendo Want Microsoft?
Given how difficult it was to close the deal to buy Activision Blizzard, we can only imagine how much worse things can get to buy...
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Why Microsoft Gaming Believes Its Destiny Lies Beyond Consoles
Xbox's chief said that the company could become irrelevant if it doesn't succeed on the mobile gaming market.
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Bethesda’s Starfield Hits Meteoric Low on Steam
The user rating for Bethesda's space exploration RPG has dropped so far that it's now so much worse than Fallout 76.
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Pillars of Eternity 3 Can Happen, But Only if the Budget Matches Baldur’s Gate 3
Specifically, the RPG legends wants to receive as much funding and support as Baldur's Gate 3 did from Larian Studios.
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Revamped and Reloaded: Halo Infinite’s Makeover in Season 5
Season 5: Reckoning adds new content including two new maps and the Extraction game mode to Halo Infinite.
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Starfield is the seventh-best-selling title in the United States this 2023
Despite being available on the Xbox Game Pass, Starfield still outsold Mortal Kombat 1, NBA 2K24, and EA Sports FC in September.
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The Future of Call of Duty: Xbox Wants Equality Across Platforms
We're not saying that this is a dig against PlayStation and its exclusive operator skins but we kind of just said it.
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Between Passion and Profit: Xbox’s Strategy for Game Revivals
Despite no confirmed revival plans, titles like Hexen, Call of Duty and Guitar Hero may potentially see a resurgence on the platform.
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Hopes Dashed for Early Activision Blizzard Games on Xbox Game Pass
This should put an end to all the speculation about when the Game Pass will receive an infusion of Activision Blizzard games.
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Microsoft’s Response to PS5 Slim: A Clip-On Drive for Xbox Series X?
The report comes after Sony confirmed the release of the PlayStation 5 Slim as well as rumors of Microsoft's digital-only Xbox Series X.
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Xbox Goes Mobile: Microsoft’s Answer to Apple and Google’s Reign
Microsoft is taking aim at controlling game distribution on mobile platforms and challenging the mobile duopoly of Apple and Google.
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End of an Era: Pete Hines Steps Down from Bethesda Softworks
Pete Hines spent more than two decades with Bethesda, especially becoming just as synonymous with the company as Todd Howard.
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Halo’s Future Uncertain as 343 Pivots to a Fresh Narrative
Here's to hoping that 343 Industries and Microsoft have learned their lesson and avoid going the live-service route this time around.
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As Physical Game Sales Dip, Is Walmart Turning its Back on Xbox Discs?
This aligns with industry trends, with digital sales surpassing those of physical games, driven by the shift to a digital-only market.
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End of an Era: Activision Blizzard’s Shift from Bobby Kotick’s Leadership
Bobby Kotick will remain to help with the transition until the end of the year, by which time Microsoft will bring in his replacement.
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: Phil Spencer’s Promise to PlayStation and Beyond
For what it's worth, Microsoft has lived up to Phil Spencer's promise of exclusivity for the most part, save for some very understandable instances.
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Gaming Titans Unite: Microsoft’s Monumental Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft has finally confirmed that Activision Blizzard King and everything it owns are now under the Microsoft Gaming umbrella.
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Buyout: Gamers’ Hope or Despair?
The nearly two-year-long saga of Microsoft buying one of the largest video game publishers in the world has come to an end.
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Revving up or stalling out? Forza Motorsport’s controversial Steam reviews explained
Turn 10 Studios' reboot of the racing sim franchise is off to a rocky start with more negative reviews than positive ones on Steam.
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Insider doubles down on PlayStation 5 Pro release date
The same source for the original leak of the PlayStation 5 Slim and PlayStation Portal wants fans to keep an eye out for November 2024.