NewsMicrosoft Once Looked At Buying Sega And Bungie To Bolster Game Pass
Internal emails from Microsoft’s Phil Spencer show that Xbox had looked at acquiring Sega and Bungie to bolster its Game Pass offerings.
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NewsElder Scrolls VI Exclusivity Is Still In Question, As The Game Is Still Years Away
Phil Spencer won’t confirm that Elder Scrolls VI will be an Xbox exclusive due to how far out we are from actually seeing the game release.
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NewsMicrosoft Only Bought Bethesda After Learning Starfield Might’ve Been A PlayStation Exclusive
Phil Spencer’s testimony during the FTC v Microsoft trial confirms that Xbox only tried to buy Bethesda after learning Starfield might be a PS5 exclusive.
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NewsPhil Spencer Says He ‘Never Said Starfield Was Not Going To Be Exclusive To Xbox’
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says that Starfield was never positioned as a PlayStation title as well as Xbox.
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NewsPS Plus Essential March 2023 Free Games Promoted By Xbox’s Phil Spencer On Twitter
Phil Spencer has promoting the PS Plus March 2023 free games on Twitter. Building bridges with Sony, perhaps?
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NewsMicrosoft Defends Its Activision Blizzard Acquisition To The EU, Signs Deals With NVIDIA And Nintendo To Bring Games To GeForce Now And The Switch
Microsoft defended its potential acquisition of Activision Blizzard to the EU and announced deals with Nintendo and NVIDIA.
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NewsXbox Boss Says He’s ‘Open To Committing’ To Sony For Call Of Duty Staying On PlayStation Long-Term
Phil Spencer has said he’s willing to make a commitment to Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for a longer term than previously agreed.
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NewsCall Of Duty Will Remain On PlayStation ‘As Long As There’s A PlayStation Out There To Ship To,’ Says Phil Spencer
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer makes it clear as day that Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation in wake of the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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NewsUK Regulators Set March 2023 Deadline For Ruling On Microsoft’s Acquisition Of Activision
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision is going through a second phase of investigations in the UK, with a new ruling deadline of March 2023.
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NewsJim Ryan Calls Microsoft’s Offer To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation After Its Current Deal Expires “Inadequate On Many Levels”
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan calls Microsoft’s offer to keep Call Of Duty on PlayStation after Sony’s deal with Activision expires “inadequate on many levels.”
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NewsPhil Spencer Reportedly Promised Jim Ryan That Call Of Duty Would Remain On PlayStation For “Several More Years” Past Its Current Deal With Activision
Phil Spencer reportedly sent a letter to Jim Ryan promising that Call Of Duty would remain on PlayStation for “several more years” after Sony’s current deal
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NewsXbox’s Phil Spencer Expects To See Fewer Platform Exclusives In The Future
Phil Spencer has revealed he expects to see fewer platform exclusives in the future, saying multiformat games are good for the long-term health of the industry.
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NewsPhil Spencer Names God Of War Ragnarok As The Game He Wants To Play Next
God of War Ragnarok has been named by Phil Spencer as the game he wants to play next.
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NewsActivision Has Responded To Criticism From Sony And Microsoft
Activision has finally responded to the criticism from Sony and Microsoft, and they are reportedly talking further, according to Activision.
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NewsPhil Spencer Advocating For Industry Wide Effort Towards Game Preservation
Phil Spencer is seemingly the head of a platform holder proposing a solution to the game industry’s preservation problem, and it’s legal emulation.
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NewsThe Elder Scrolls 6 Is Not Coming To PS5, Xbox’s Phil Spencer Says Exclusivity Is ‘Not About Punishing Other Platforms’
Xbox’s Phil Spencer reiterates that The Elder Scrolls 6 is only going to be released for PC and Xbox formats.
Read more NewsPhil Spencer Wants An Xbox App On Every Platform That Will Allow One
Xbox boss Phil Spencer would like to have an Xbox app on every platform that will allow one, even closed platforms like PlayStation, if it could happen.
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NewsSony Has Done A ‘Nice Job’ With The DualSense Controller, Says Phil Spencer
Phil Spencer congratulates Sony on its ‘nice job’ with the DualSense controller.
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NewsMicrosoft’s Phil Spencer Takes A Swipe At Sony’s Approach To PC Gaming
Speaking during a recent interview, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has taken a swipe at Sony’s approaching to PC gaming.
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NewsGod Of War Director Praised By Phil Spencer For Defending Staff Amidst Fan Backlash
The director behind God of War (2018) has been praised by Phil Spencer for his handling of fan backlash to Ragnarok’s delay.
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NewsPhil Spencer Still Has Hopes For Xbox’s Project xCloud On Other Consoles
Phil Spencer still has hopes for Xbox’s Project xCloud coming to other consoles, according to a leaked email from August 2020.
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NewsPS5 DualSense Praised By Xbox Boss Phil Spencer
The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Phil Spencer, has heaped praise on the innovation provided by the PS5 DualSense controller.
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NewsPhil Spencer Doesn’t Give Much Hope For Future Bethesda Games Coming To PS5 In New Statement
Phil Spencer hasn’t given much hope for future Bethesda Games coming to PS5 in a new statement from an interview with Kotaku.
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NewsThe PS5 Design Gets The Thumbs-Up From Xbox’s Phil Spencer
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said that he’s a fan of the PS5 design, and goes into detail about the problems Sony and Microsoft face designing hardware.
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NewsXbox’s Phil Spencer Says Sony ‘Did A Good Job’ With PS5 Reveal
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has weighed in on the recent PS5 reveal, heaping praise on rival Sony for doing a ‘good job’ with its own next-gen plans.
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NewsXbox Boss Doesn’t Consider Sony & Nintendo Its Main Rivals Going Forward
Xbox’s Phil Spencer reveals he doesn’t consider its main competitor to be Sony and Nintendo going forward, instead pointing to Amazon and Google.
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