Game Studios

10

Nov

By Ains

Latest News

Forza Horizon 5 Surpasses Five Million Players at Launch

Forza Horizon 5 has been a resounding success for Xbox Game Studios. With over one million players enjoying early access on Friday, the game has now officially passed five million players since officially launching yesterday (5.12 million as of this writing). After being named the highest rated game of the…

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22

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

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Blue Box Studios Shuts Down the Kojima and Silent Hill Rumors

One of the strangest rumors that has popped up over the past week related to Blue Box Game Studios and a supposed connection to Hideo Kojima and a Silent Hill Reboot. We're not going to rehash all of the connections that a portion of the community were chasing down, instead…

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05

Oct

By Seasoned Gaming

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Bethesda Softworks Developing Multiple New IPs for Xbox Game Studios

We've talked extensively about Microsoft acquiring ZeniMax Media and thus Bethesda Softworks now falling under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella. While we're all aware of their well-known IPs and announced titles, one of the most interesting aspects of the acquisition is learning of new projects. Thanks to some job listings…

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21

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

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Microsoft Acquires ZeniMax Media, All Bethesda Studios are Now Under Xbox Game Studios

In what may be the biggest single piece of gaming news we've reported...well possibly ever, Microsoft have entered into an agreement to acquire ZeniMax Media; parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Yes you read that correctly. Bethesda Softworks, all of its studios, and all 2,300+ developers, are now a part of…

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30

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

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Amazon Game Studios Crucible Reverts from Full Release back to Closed Beta

Amazon Game Studios isn't new. In fact, it was founded in 2012. However, despite releasing some smaller titles it was Crucible that was marketed as their first, major AAA title. Released on May 20th, Crucible released to a meager audience that has since disappeared almost entirely. Seeing that, the development…

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15

Apr

By Ains

Articles

Xbox Heading into Next Generation in a Position of Strength

One of my favorite things to analyze is the how the big three (PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox) continually adjust their methodology in relation to evolving market conditions. It’s fascinating, at least to me, to see how these billion dollar companies adjust to the trends that we, the players, set in…

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17

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Xbox GM Hints at Another Development Studio Acquisition

  Microsoft Game Stack Live is a two day event that began today and runs through tomorrow covering the latest in game development, hardware advances, and more. The full schedule of events for tomorrow includes a look at Xbox Series X and xCloud (all times PST): ​10:00 Previously on Game…

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22

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

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Xbox Studios Hiring Points to Potential Xbox VR Titles

An interesting announcement made by inXile on Twitter today has us wondering if VR is in the cards for Xbox in the future. inXile Entertainment announced that they are looking for a Senior Unreal 4 Multiplayer Engineer for an "unannounced VR project". With inXile being part of Xbox Game Studios…

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