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  • Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new “Standard” tier

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  • Surely this will turn things around for them 🙄

  • Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new “Standard” tier

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  • I think a lot of people will end up unsubscribing and then buying the games they miss.

  • Capcom's slapstick zombie mall adventure Dead Rising is being remastered

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  • Different voice actor too.

  • Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks

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  • I'm surprised Aaron Greenberg didn't fight for it, since according to him their last game smashed every metric and exceeded all expectations.

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    Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks

    www.pcgamer.com /gaming-industry/xbox-executives-just-cannot-give-a-straight-answer-to-questions-about-tango-gameworks/
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    Tango Gameworks employee shares pictures from the Xbox studio’s final day

    www.videogameschronicle.com /news/tango-gameworks-employee-shares-pictures-from-the-xbox-studios-final-day/
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    Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Addresses Studio Closures

    www.ign.com /articles/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-addresses-studio-closures-ign-live-2024

  • GamesIndustry.biz: Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement

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  • The whole piece is worth a read but to me this paragraph sums it all up:

    "Who even knows what would please these people? They say they're focusing their resources on bigger games, then they say they need smaller games. They say they love your games, then they shut your studio down. They make more money than they've ever made before, then they cut costs repeatedly, drastically, and cruelly. They buy more studios than they can manage, so the answer is not to use that aforementioned money to hire more (or perhaps better) managers, but to have fewer studios so management's job can be easier."

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    GamesIndustry.biz: Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement

    www.gamesindustry.biz /microsofts-mystifying-mismanagement-this-week-in-business
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    Eurogamer: What is the point of Xbox? (Opinion)

    www.eurogamer.net /what-is-the-point-of-xbox

  • Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

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  • Me too. The writing is on the wall, especially if you're at a small studio working on "small" games like Ninja Theory or Double Fine.

  • Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

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  • Give it a year. Thankfully Toys for Bob was able to buy themselves out, otherwise surely they would have either been shut down or put to work in the Call of Duty mines.

  • Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

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  • Shutting down entire studios should not be a part of normal cost saving.

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    Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2024-05-08/xbox-studio-closures-microsoft-plans-more-cost-cutting-measures-after-layoffs

  • It's Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass (Opinion)

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  • No one's asking you to trust them.

  • Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others

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  • I heard they were basically forced into that situation after Bethesda canceled their Prey sequel (which looked great BTW.)

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    It's Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass (Opinion)

    kotaku.com /xbox-phil-spencer-layoffs-hi-fi-rush-studios-closed-1851461546

  • Call of Duty and Diablo boost Microsoft's gaming revenues, but Xbox sales continue to fall

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  • There have been rumors and speculation, but that's not what MS is saying.

    "More interestingly, [Xbox President Sarah] Bond teased a roadmap focused on next-generation hardware.

    "'And what we're focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation, which makes it better for players and better for creators and the visions they're building," Bond explained in the recent episode of the Official Xbox Podcast.'"

    https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-next-gen-console-confirmed-business-update

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    Call of Duty and Diablo boost Microsoft's gaming revenues, but Xbox sales continue to fall

    www.gamesindustry.biz /call-of-duty-and-diablo-boost-microsofts-gaming-revenues-but-xbox-sales-continue-to-fall
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    Opinion: Phil Spencer, long cast as Xbox’s saviour, may be remembered as the man who killed it

    www.videogameschronicle.com /features/opinion/phil-spencer-long-cast-as-xboxs-saviour-may-be-remembered-as-the-man-who-killed-it/

  • Microsoft to lay off 1900 people across Xbox and Activision Blizzard

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  • I hope everyone who plays Call of Duty next year on Game Pass takes a moment of silence for the ~2000 people that had to lose their jobs to make it possible.

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    The Inside Story Of Fable 3, The Game That Broke Its Creators' Hearts

    www.thegamer.com /the-story-of-fable-3-making-of-cut-content-cast/

  • Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam

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  • ~15% of Steam players have the level 50 achievement (if that's what you mean.)

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    Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam

    www.eurogamer.net /bethesda-responding-to-negative-starfield-reviews-on-steam
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    How the Baldur's Gate 3 character creator brings modern flair to old school fantasy

    www.gamedeveloper.com /art/building-an-inclusive-character-creator-for-the-fantasy-world-of-baldur-s-gate-3
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    Starfield group fixing Bethesda's bugs say their job is tough as mods feel an afterthought

    www.eurogamer.net /starfield-group-fixing-bethesdas-bugs-say-their-job-is-tough-as-mods-feel-an-afterthought
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    Microsoft has control issues

    www.gamesindustry.biz /microsoft-has-control-issues-this-week-in-business

  • Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever

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  • I'm sorry, my next post will be about your balls getting blown off to better accomodate your specific needs.

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    Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever

    www.eurogamer.net /spider-man-2-fastest-selling-playstation-studios-game-ever
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    Digital Foundry - Redfall's 60fps patch works - but this isn't the redemption story we were hoping for

    www.eurogamer.net /digitalfoundry-2023-redfalls-60fps-patch-works-but-this-isnt-the-redemption-story-we-were-hoping-for
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    Inside Nintendo in the 1990s: Star Fox, late nights and making the N64

    www.eurogamer.net /inside-nintendo-in-the-1990s-star-fox-late-nights-and-making-the-n64

  • It's official, Microsoft now owns ABK

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  • 400 million payout as I understand it. And odds are very good he's going to go to some other video game company. People like him don't just disappear.

  • Cyberpunk dlc sucks. 10 side missions and like 5 story missions for 30 bucks.

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  • How is that ironic?

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    Cyberpunk's storytelling makes Starfield seem ancient - Opinion

    www.eurogamer.net /cyberpunks-storytelling-makes-starfield-seem-ancient

  • Epic Games Is Cutting About 900 Jobs, or 16% of Staff

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  • Supposedly the whole Fall Guys team at Mediatonic, who Epic just acquired, were let go. Including the game director.

  • Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous"

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  • For real? Where, when?

    Makes sense, there are some big Cyberpunk Easter eggs in Death Stranding so he must get along with CDPR.

  • Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous"

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  • Some people believe he showed up briefly in one scene in the background but it was never substantiated.

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    Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous"

    www.pcgamer.com /elon-musk-demanded-a-cameo-in-cyberpunk-2077-while-wielding-a-200-year-old-gun-i-was-armed-but-not-dangerous/