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Sega and Microsoft announce strategic alliance for ” Super Game”
Sega Sammy Holdings on Monday said it is looking forward to an essential partnership with Microsoft to foster huge spending plan titles utilising the Xbox producer’s cloud gaming tech, driving expectation the move could flag a more profound restrict. Tokyo-based Sega is investigating making titles with worldwide reach on Microsoft’s Azure cloud stage, it said in a stock trade proclamation without giving further subtleties, including whether an arrangement would include selectiveness for the titles or capital venture. Sega shares hopped 6% in daytime exchanging. Microsoft’s own significant cloud gaming drive is accessible through the Xbox Game Pass, a cross-stage membership administration which highlights Sega titles like the hit “Yakuza” series. Cloud gaming s...
The Richest Video Game Companies of 2018
Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Studios are the richest video game companies in 2018. Video game industry is one of the most profitable industries ever. To put it in picture, although the video game industry is rather new as compared to the movie and music industry, it has generated more revenue than the movie and music industries combined. The two of the richest video game companies are Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Sony Computer Entertainment’s net worth is calculated to be $17.49 Billion. Microsoft Studio’s net worth is calculated to be skyrocketing at $37.2billion. Both Sony and Microsoft are the industry leaders of gaming consoles with Playstation and Xbox setting up the benchmarks. However, the income they earn through the sale of consoles is not added in the ab...
Microsoft acquires PlayFab To Grow Cloud Connected Games
Today, I am pleased to welcome PlayFab to the Microsoft family. PlayFab is a complete backend platform provider of services to build, launch and grow cloud-connected games. PlayFab’s tools are designed to be used by game developers across all platforms (mobile, PC and console). This acquisition extends the investments and work we’ve done on Microsoft Azure to provide a world-class cloud platform for the gaming industry. As Satya Nadella noted in our annual shareholders meeting, “We’re mobilizing to pursue our extensive opportunity in a 100-plus-billion gaming market. This means broadening our approach to how we think about gaming end to end, about starting with games and how they’re creating and distributed, and how they’re played and viewed.” Over 1 billion people play games, fueling a th...
Xbox Game Pass Expands to Include New Releases from Microsoft Studios
When we launched Xbox Game Pass in June 2017, we knew we wanted to craft a service with gamers in mind. That meant a diverse, expanding library of over 100 games and counting, matched with one monthly price and unlimited access to download and play full-fidelity experiences. We’ve been blown away by the incredible response. Following launch, we heard from fans around the world who wanted Xbox Game Pass in their country. In September, we expanded globally and Xbox Game Pass is now available to fans in 40 countries. We’ve also continued to expand the catalog with new games added to the Xbox Game Pass library every month, so there is always something new to play. We know our fans value having a variety of games to play at a low monthly price. We’ve also heard from fans that the ability to pla...
The Big Three Giants In The Video Game Industry Keep Making Mistakes
The video industry is driven by three big giants; Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Well, at least Sony and Microsoft undoubtedly, while Nintendo is like that cool kid who doesn’t need any comrades. If you ponder back at the revelation of Xbox One with a Kinect that nobody desired, it was a direct effect of the commercial success of Xbox 360. But on the contrary, I presume that 360 was rather more successful than One with its array of first party games and introduction to motion gaming. Motion gaming was something which was quite impressive at the time but soon lost its charm, yet Microsoft could not let go of the Kinect. In addition to that, there are just are just a handful of games for One’s Kinect. Then you’ve got Sony, who thought it would be a great idea to price the PS...
Microsoft In Talks To Extend PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Exclusive Deal
The creator of the hit video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is in talks with Microsoft about extending their agreement to publish the game exclusively on Xbox, according to people familiar with the matter. South Korea’s Bluehole has agreed to produce the game for Microsoft first by the end of the year and is likely to give the company a longer period as the solo console, said the people, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Games are typically offered exclusively for about three months to encourage people to buy a particular console, so Xbox may have the game to itself until the middle of next year or longer. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has become this year’s surprise hit of the game industry, selling 13 million copies and shattering records for personal-compute...
PUBG Developers Discuss The Benefits Of Working With Microsoft
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Brendan Greene, the guy behind the ARMA III mod that led to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, discussed about bringing the game to the Xbox One alongside the release of the Xbox One X and how Microsoft has been a really big help in porting the game over from PC to console. You can read the full interview here, and below are some of the highlights. Microsoft is sending over a bunch of staff to both Bluehole in Korea and utilizing their staff in Spain to help port the game while the main team keeps working on the PC version. Microsoft is also helping them with security and anti-cheat design for the PC version. Microsoft is aiding them in designing the controller feel (button mappings, auto-aim, etc) for the game, utilizing their experience in ...
Xbox One Official Mouse And Keyboard Support Coming Soon
We’ve always known Xbox was interested in bringing in keyboard and mouse support to their platforms but it was all just hushed rumours and speculations, however, during a panel at PAX West Xbox Platform CVP Mike Ybarra discussed mouse and keyboard support for Xbox One. This is what he had to say: “Keyboard and mouse support is definitely coming. We have to be very smart in how we do that. We’ll leave it a lot up to developer choice. A lot of people tweet me and say “you can’t do this because of fairness,” and we understand that. We run two platforms; the Xbox platform, and the Windows platform. And so, when we bring keyboard and mouse, we’ll coach developers and say look, you’ve got to think about your multiplayer pools, if you have a competi...
First Look at the Latest Xbox One Dashboard Update
It’s an exciting day at Team Xbox as Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Ring will get a first look at the latest Xbox update. This release is the next major update for gaming on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, and is designed to make the Xbox gaming experience more fun, personalized, and social than ever. We’ve heard feedback from our fans that they want the ability to customize Home the way they want. This new experience on Xbox One gives gamers more choice and delivers fun faster. Updates to Home, Guide and Community are available today, with updates to Avatars, Game Hubs, Profiles and more coming this fall. Windows 10 PCs will also receive updates to the Game bar and Gaming settings menu. Here’s a detailed look at some of the new features that will arrive for Xbox Insiders starting today and contin...
Xbox One X Pre-Orders Coming Soon, Will You Be Buying?
Microsoft’s competitor to high end PCs was revealed at E3 this year (we are talking about Xbox One X) is going to be ready to be taken off the shelves. Xbox One X can be pre-ordered soon. [interaction id=”5979c8eeab8ce93f38ccb1e7″] Xbox head Phil Spencer took to twitter to answer some fan queries- “Our plan is set for this”, Spencer said. “All approvals are done so now just landing the announce with all the info, won’t be too much longer.” The Xbox head also talked about Crackdown 3- “Crackdown will be at Gamescom and we’ll show more there”, he confirmed. “Yes, I saw the SDCC stream. We’ll make sure we have a good demo.” Spencer also talked more about Crackdown in following tweets- Unfair to judge people who don’t play all the time on demos but for those who play CD...
Microsoft Now Owns Tech That Powers Some Of The Biggest PS4 Games
Havok the physics engine behind Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn has been acquired by Microsoft. Is it a problem for Sony? I don’t think so, as Microsoft has announced in a statement that they will continue to license the technology out to anyone and everyone that wants to use it. This is a positive move for the engine, as Microsoft does suggest that it hopes that the acquisition will further strengthen its cloud-based computing services, which they are starting to see the fruits of from a gaming persuasion in Crackdown 3. Havok has been used in many games, such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Just Cause, Medal of Honor, Portal and many more. And in the coming future if Microsoft does want to license the technology then it is highly unlikely that they would deny Sony, as rival c...
What Happens To Your Games If You Die
We all have migrated from owning discs of games to owning digital copies in our digital libraries. It could be Steam, Origins, Uplay, PlayStation Network or Xbox Live. Some of us might have an account that’s not worth much but there are also people who’ve spent more than a thousand dollars in just games. So what happens in the unfortunate event that you die? Ever wondered what happens to your digital library? Well, a user on the Steam Community asked if they passed away and pass on their steam account in their will, would it be done. Well, there’s an answer to that and the answer is yes. If you do state it in your will, Steam will not block the change of ownership. Here’s the statement from one of the steam moderators: Well, that’s good news for Steam users bu...