September2022
News Sony Won't Let Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Acquisition Go, Stresses It's Bad for Gaming
Deal to be further investigated
Update: Microsoft has responded to Sony's comments about the acquisition with yet another statement to GamesIndustry. A spokesperson said: "It makes zero business sense for Microsoft to remove Call of Duty from PlayStation given its market leading console position." This doesn't necessarily mean Microsoft would keep...
March2021
News Microsoft Reportedly Opening Its Wallet Once Again for $10 Billion Acquisition of Discord
Company apparently in talks to purchase online chat service
Microsoft has just spent $7.5 billion to bring ZeniMax Media (and thus, Bethesda) into its first party network of game studios. That's an eye-watering sum, and you'd think would leave the corporation's pockets feeling a little lighter than usual. Well, according to a new report from...
News Microsoft's Bethesda Bid One Step Closer to Completion as European Union Approves Acquisition
Money money money
Microsoft's 7.5 billion dollar acquisition of ZeniMax Media — of course including Bethesda Softworks — has met the approval of the European Union. As VGC reports, the EU's antitrust regulator has given the green light to the historic merger, which will see Microsoft become the parent company of all Bethesda's development teams...
June2019
Guide What Time Is Microsoft's Xbox E3 2019 Press Conference?
All the info you need
Funnily enough, Microsoft's presser at E3 2019 will have at least a few games relevant to PlayStation fans, so it'll be worth the watch. Last year, the tech giant went big for its Xbox showcase, bringing us lots of third party announcements and reveals, like Cyberpunk 2077 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It's hard to judge how...
February2019
News Microsoft Plans to Bring Xbox Live Support to All Other Platforms Except PlayStation
Sony missing from new Xbox initiative
This is an interesting story. As reported by GamesIndustry, Microsoft has scheduled in a talk at GDC 2019, set to take place next month, and it highlights the corporation's plans to spread Xbox Live beyond its own platforms. The talk is titled 'Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Gaming Comm
June2018
Round Up All PS4 Game News from Microsoft's E3 2018 Press Conference
A full recap of Microsoft's show
To be fair to the Xbox maker, Microsoft put on a rock solid press conference at this year's E3, showing off a whopping 50 upcoming games. While a bunch of them (15, in fact) were exclusive to the console, a ton more were just getting a world premiere. That means the vast majority of these games are also coming...
April2014
News First Mover's Advantage Key to Sony's Indie Lead, Says Curve Studios
A curve that sets things straight
The list of Curve Studios games available on PlayStation hardware is really quite impressive. So impressive, that we're about to demonstrate it to you in list form: Velocity Ultra PS3, Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark, Thomas Was Alone, Lone Survivor: Director's Cut, and
January2014
News Blimey, PS4 Sales Are More Than Double the Xbox One in Germany
Wunderbar
The PlayStation 4 has sold an impressive 250,000 units in Germany since its launch on 29th November. In comparison, the Xbox One – which released a week earlier on 22nd November – has moved 100,000 units. The figures come courtesy of Media Control GFK, and track the period up to the end of December. Sony's powerhouse has now sold a...
