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Starfield’s Combatech Weapons Are Built with the Confines of Spaceflight in Mind

Starfield’s Combatech Weapons Are Built with the Confines of Spaceflight in Mind

Combatech weapons are "created from light-weight metal alloys and polymer and are mostly bullpup designs."

Towerborne Playtests Slated for This Year

Towerborne Playtests Slated for This Year

Players who sign up will get exclusive access to preview builds of Stoic Studio's upcoming co-op action-adventure game.

Psychonauts 3 is Not in Development, Double Fine Working on “New, Smaller” Games – Tim Schafer

Psychonauts 3 is Not in Development, Double Fine Working on “New, Smaller” Games – Tim Schafer

Tim Schafer confirms Double Fine Productions is working on "new, unannounced stuff" that he describes as "smaller games."

Xbox Series X/S Has Sold 21 Million Units, Xbox One at 58 Million, as Per Microsoft Brazil Presentation

Xbox Series X/S Has Sold 21 Million Units, Xbox One at 58 Million, as Per Microsoft Brazil Presentation

A newly emerging slide from an ID@Xbox presentation at BIG Festival in Brazil has seemingly revealed updated sales numbers for Xbox consoles.

Microsoft Made Decision to Make All ZeniMax Titles Exclusive to Xbox in 2021

Microsoft Made Decision to Make All ZeniMax Titles Exclusive to Xbox in 2021

Microsoft made the decision that all ZeniMax games would be Xbox exclusive back in 2021.

Bungie’s Matter Expected to Release in 2025, per Microsoft

Bungie’s Matter Expected to Release in 2025, per Microsoft

Microsoft noted in previously confidential documents that the new IP was trademarked in 2018. It hasn't received further details since.

Microsoft CEO Would “Love to Get Rid of” Console Exclusives Entirely

Microsoft CEO Would “Love to Get Rid of” Console Exclusives Entirely

"I grew up in a company that always believed that software should run in as many platforms as possible, and that’s just the Microsoft I grew up in," says CEO Satya Nadella.

Microsoft Considered Acquiring Square Enix in 2019

Microsoft Considered Acquiring Square Enix in 2019

New court documents have revealed that Microsoft had initially considered acquiring the Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest company.

A Look Back at E3 2013 – How Playstation Won by Doing Nothing New

A Look Back at E3 2013 – How Playstation Won by Doing Nothing New

E3 2013 was an important event for both Sony and Microsoft, but the Japanese gaming giant managed to secure an easy victory by doing absolutely nothing new.

Starfield – Bethesda Partners with AMD, Implementing FSR 2 Image Processing and Upscaling

Starfield – Bethesda Partners with AMD, Implementing FSR 2 Image Processing and Upscaling

AMD's Jack Huynh says the partnership will result in a "transformational experience with more immersion, detail, and exploration."

Sega Games Would Not Have Become Xbox-Exclusive if Acquired by Microsoft

Sega Games Would Not Have Become Xbox-Exclusive if Acquired by Microsoft

Even if Microsoft had acquired Sega, the megacorp planned on keeping its releases multiplatform.

Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity is Not “Anti-Competitive” – Jim Ryan

Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity is Not “Anti-Competitive” – Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan may not like Starfield's Xbox exclusivity, but he doesn't see it as anti-competitive.

Xbox’s Acquisition of Ninja Theory Was Worth $117 Million

Xbox’s Acquisition of Ninja Theory Was Worth $117 Million

FTC filings have revealed that the acquisition, which happened in 2018, cost Microsoft $117 million.

Xbox Game Studios Head Wanted to “Spend Sony Out of Business” in December 2019

Xbox Game Studios Head Wanted to “Spend Sony Out of Business” in December 2019

Microsoft had also previously discussed reversing course on day and date releases for its first-party titles on Game Pass.

Perfect Dark is Reportedly Still Roughly 2-3 Years Away, Could be an Episodic Release

Perfect Dark is Reportedly Still Roughly 2-3 Years Away, Could be an Episodic Release

A new report shedding light on the development of The Initiative's Perfect Dark reboot claims the game is still in "the earliest" stages of production.

Perfect Dark is an FPS That Blends Combat, Espionage, and Gadgets – Rumour

Perfect Dark is an FPS That Blends Combat, Espionage, and Gadgets – Rumour

The game will also reportedly make use of "some experimental movement tech" and place an emphasis on narrative.

Perfect Dark Development Was “Essentially Started Over from Scratch” on Unreal Engine 5 in 2022 – Report

Perfect Dark Development Was “Essentially Started Over from Scratch” on Unreal Engine 5 in 2022 – Report

After four years of production, the Perfect Dark reboot reportedly restarted development last year, having switched to Unreal Engine 5.

Microsoft Considered Acquiring CD Projekt RED, Larian Studios, FromSoftware, and More in 2021

Microsoft Considered Acquiring CD Projekt RED, Larian Studios, FromSoftware, and More in 2021

It also looked at companies like Niantic, Konami, DeNA, Square Enix and even Nintendo for improving its "mobile footprint."

Microsoft Was Looking at Acquiring Sega, Bungie to Expand PC and Xbox Game Pass Offerings

Microsoft Was Looking at Acquiring Sega, Bungie to Expand PC and Xbox Game Pass Offerings

Microsoft was looking at potentially acquiring Sega and Bungie, alongside its more high profile acquisitions.

IO Interactive’s Project Dragon Will be Exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC

IO Interactive’s Project Dragon Will be Exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC

The discovery process of the ongoing hearing for FTC's injunction against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has revealed some interesting details about IO Interactive's in-development tit...