Microsoft president Brad Smith has confirmed details of a recent report that claimed that the company has offered a longer-term deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.
Microsoft has confirmed it's raising the prices of its first party console titles, starting with 2023 releases like Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield.
Recent reports have suggested that the US Federal Trade Commission is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Hoard says MachineGames is "doing an incredible job with the game" and calls it "a definite love letter to Indiana Jones."
Howard says Bethesda is aware that people will be playing The Elder Scrolls 6 for a long time, and that has impacted how the studio approaches development.
The multiplayer playlist is the only PvE content outside the campaign and allows four players to team up against AI bots in Arena maps.
A few sources have revealed that Google is also not particularly happy about Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for the sake of ChromeOS gamers.
"Any suggestion that the transaction could have anti-competitive effects is absurd," says Activision Blizzard CCO and EVP Lulu Cheng Meservey.
According to Phil Spencer, Xbox doesn't want to replace the idea of buying and owning games and go all-in on just Xbox Game Pass.
In its newest defense against Sony's statements, Microsoft has claimed that Call of Duty players aren't that special, and don't do much to drive platform adoption.
Sony feels Battlefield exemplifies that even billions of dollars and years of investment can't be enough to successfully compete with Call of Duty.
Microsoft's acquisition of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard might be in more trouble with FTC's potential antitrust lawsuit.
Sony has revealed that, compared to Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus is lagging behind since the launch of its tiered subscription model.
Sony believes that if Microsoft gains the market advantage through its acquisition, the dominance of Xbox Game Pass would be bad for the industry and consumers.
According to Sony, Microsoft's plans after acquiring Activision Blizzard is to turn PlayStation into non-competition like Nintendo.
Xbox has apparently offered Sony a long-term deal, offering to continue bringing Call of Duty to PlayStation for at least 10 years.
The game's development team comprises of over 200 people, of whom roughly 50 are part of the core design team.
"I love Fallout, I love the setting, I could see myself working in it again," says Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer.
"It's great to see the team at The Initiative and our team across Crystal studios working so well together,” said Crystal/Eidos Montreal CEO Phil Rogers.
Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer says that he "never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass."
