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2026-02-22
“renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.” “Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware” Did Copilot write this? https://kotaku.com/... [image]
2026-02-22 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to “the return of Xbox” and that the company won't “flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop”

She's promising “The return of Xbox.” … Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer has just announced he's leaving …

2026-02-21
“renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.” “Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware” Did Copilot write this? https://kotaku.com/... [image]
2026-02-21 View on X
CNBC

Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming

Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, is leaving the software maker following a 38-year tenure, as the company's Xbox business faces increased challenges.

“renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.” “Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware” Did Copilot write this? https://kotaku.com/... [image]
2026-02-21 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to “the return of Xbox” and that the company won't “flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop”

She's promising “The return of Xbox.” … Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer has just announced he's leaving …

2026-02-20
“renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.” “Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware” Did Copilot write this? https://kotaku.com/... [image]
2026-02-20 View on X
CNBC

Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming

Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, is leaving the software maker following a 38-year tenure, as the company faces increased challenges in its Xbox business.

2026-02-05
Sony revises its next fiscal quarter forecast upward overall but includes a negative impact for first-party delays. [image]
2026-02-05 View on X
CNBC

Sony reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$23.7B, vs. ~$23.5B est., operating profit up 22% to ~$3.3B, vs. ~$3B est., and raises FY operating profit outlook by 8%

Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, supported by favorable foreign exchange rates despite surging memory chip costs.

2026-01-30
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
2026-01-30 View on X
Variety

Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup debuts its short-form Revolutionary War series, made using Google DeepMind's AI tools and human voice actors

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky used AI to travel back in time 250 years ago to the American Revolution.  But he tapped real-life human actors …

2025-10-04
“Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood has asked Xbox to find other ways to increase profit, according to the current and former employees.”
2025-10-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …

2025-09-20
The most expensive Xbox will now be more than a PS5 Pro, again. Microsoft lost the console war but it won't lose the race to price out anyone still interested in buying its console! https://t.co/...
2025-09-20 View on X
Windows Central

Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”

second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four m...

2025-06-09
Microsoft spokesperson confirms to @stephentotilo that the Xbox Rog Ally's console-like Windows experience will coming to the other PC gaming handheld next year. https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]
2025-06-09 View on X
IGN

Xbox Ally X hands-on: an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, 1080p games run at 60 FPS with no issues, a super-slim Windows, and more

The Xbox handheld impresses, but pricing remains the biggest question.  —  PC gaming handhelds have flooded the market at this point …

Microsoft spokesperson confirms to @stephentotilo that the Xbox Rog Ally's console-like Windows experience will coming to the other PC gaming handheld next year. https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]
2025-06-09 View on X
Game File

Microsoft and Asus unveil the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two PC gaming handhelds that will run Windows games from multiple storefronts, including Steam

First impressions of the ROG XBOX ALLY XIf you'd like to support … Jon Fisher / Lifewire : Your Xbox Just Went Mobile in a Big Way Reece Bithrey / Trusted Reviews : Asus ROG Xbox A...

2025-04-25
Every digital media company has a choice right now to either aid and abet in its own destruction for a quick payoff or call OpenAI's business model what it is: theft.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/b...  [images]
2025-04-25 View on X
New York Times

Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff Davis' content to train AI models; sources say Ziff Davis is seeking at least hundreds of millions of dollars

Ziff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher's copyrights and diluting its trademarks.

2025-02-26
Warner Bros. confirms it's shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego and the Wonder Woman game is cancelled, as first reported by Jason Schreier at Bloomberg. [image]
2025-02-26 View on X
Bloomberg

WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business

- Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year

This comes right before WB Discovery reports earnings, and the most ghoulish part of the statement is mentioning profitability right after talking about upending people's lives. The publisher calls it a “tough decision” and a “difficult” day is “excited” to make more money. [image]
2025-02-26 View on X
Bloomberg

WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business

- Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year

At Polygon @mmcwhertor.bsky.social reports on the email the head of global streaming and games for Warner Bros. Discovery sent to staff announcing the closures in which he talked about “getting our swagger back” one fiscal quarter at a time. www.polygon.com/news/529310/ ...  [image]
2025-02-26 View on X
Bloomberg

WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business

- Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year

WB Games executive says team needs to “get it swagger back” and blames “product-market fit” and lack of “quality” for recent bombs like Suicide Squad which management had previously championed during production. https://www.polygon.com/... [image]
2025-02-26 View on X
Bloomberg

WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business

- Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year

2024-10-30
According to two sources familiar with the agreement, Concord's development deal at Firewalk Studios was $200 million. That did not include marketing, the sale of IP rights, the acquisition of the studio, or game's delayed launch. https://kotaku.com/...
2024-10-30 View on X
Bloomberg

PlayStation closes Firewalk Studios, which debuted shooter game Concord in August 2024 before taking it offline, and mobile studio Neon Koi, impacting ~210 jobs

The company will also close the mobile game studio Neon Koi, which hasn't released a game, according to a blog post from Sony on Tuesday.

2024-09-26
Miyamoto is not impressed with your planet cooking chat bots. “There is a lot of talk about A.I., for example. When that happens, everyone starts to go in the same direction, but that is where Nintendo would rather go in a different direction.” https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
2024-09-26 View on X
New York Times

An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more

Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.

2024-08-08
Meta poured billions into VR, snatched up tons of talent, and is now blowing it all up. Ready at Dawn is 20 years old. It started with games for the PSP. This sucks so much.
2024-08-08 View on X
Android Central

Meta closes Ready at Dawn Studios, acquired in June 2020 and which produced VR games like Lone Echo and Echo VR, to meet Reality Labs' new budgetary ceiling

Echo VR developer Ready at Dawn Studios is now closed for business.  —  Updated 8/17 at 5:19pm ET: The information Android Central …

2024-07-25
In addition to the entire World of Warcraft team unionizing, 60 QA at Blizzard Austin working on games like Diablo 4 also formed a union. [image]
2024-07-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Around 500 World of Warcraft workers vote to unionize with the CWA, bringing the number of unionized US gaming employees at Microsoft to around 1,750

World of Warcraft workers have voted to unionize the popular video-game franchise, expanding organized labor's new foothold at Microsoft Corp. by around 500 employees.

2024-07-11
What's really happening here, aside from the price increase, is that Game Pass is losing day one games. The rest is an overly complicated overhaul to obscure that fact. https://kotaku.com/... [image]
2024-07-11 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles

is Amazon Prime next? Jez Corden / Windows Central : Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases Jennifer Maas / ...