Microsoft

26

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Microsoft’s Earnings Report Highlights Impressive Growth for Xbox

The Xbox brand has been seeing strong growth continually for some time now, and with Microsoft's earnings report released this afternoon, it's clear that the Xbox brand is stronger than ever. First up is the obvious growth in Xbox hardware. While both new consoles debuted halfway through the quarter, Microsoft…

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02

Dec

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Microsoft Acquires Esports Platform Smash.gg

As major companies continue building their platforms in the gaming space, Microsoft continues to make moves. This morning, they announced the acquisition of esports platform Smash.gg. We'll share more on the acquisition as we learn further details. For now, the official Smash.gg Twitter account had the following to say: https://twitter.com/smashgg/status/1334211081644883968?s=20…

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23

Nov

By Steve Esposito

Articles

Opinion : Sony’s Digital Frontier Needs Updating

It is no surprise that we are swiftly spiraling into the digital age. With cloud gaming on the rise thanks to many companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon; it is clear that our future will eventually transform. Our experiences continue to stand on the hard-disk foundation, which means that…

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08

Oct

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Gamestop Announces Strategic Partnership with Microsoft

Gamestop has been in a tumultuous position for a few years now and the continued expansion of digital content has taken its toll. While the company has attempted to mitigate the losses of business, they've still been in a financial tailspin. Today, Gamestop has announced a new partnership with MIcrosoft…

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26

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Podcasts

Bitcast 124 : Xbox Buying Bethesda Changes the Game

In Bitcast 124 the guys are joined by returning friend of the show Archimedes and host of the Trophy Room PlayStation podcast, Mr. Bad Bit to discuss the massive impact of Xbox buying Bethesda, pre-orders for the Xbox Series consoles and PS5, the launch outlook for both systems, game lineups,…

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22

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Microsoft CEO Says Xbox Division Open to Buying More Developers

After the industry shaking news yesterday of Microsoft purchasing ZeniMax Media and thus Bethesda Softworks (which our Head Editor analyzed here), CEO Satya Nadella doubled-down on their investment into the gaming space. In an interview, Nadella made it clear that the company intends to reach more of the 3 billion…

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21

Sep

By Ains

Articles, Latest News

What Xbox’s Acquisition of Bethesda Means Both Now and in the Future

What a day for the gaming industry. As the dust has settled on one of the largest announcements of all-time, there's been a flurry of news, excitement, and fear. With this in mind, I wanted to provide some context on the agreement along with what you can expect in the…

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21

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

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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14

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

No, Microsoft / Xbox Aren’t Attempting to Acquire Bungie

With a new console generation rapidly approaching and movement within the industry occurring frequently, there have also been a wealth of rumors floating around. As we always warn, take them all with a grain of salt and as our readers know, we rarely post rumors unless we have some valid…

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10

Sep

By Steve Esposito

Reviews

Review : The Avengers : Not So Secret Identity Crisis

You can find Seasoned Gaming’s review policy here When I was younger, I didn’t pay much attention to Captain America. Upon first sight of him, I didn’t find him as interesting in comparison to Wolverine or Spider-man. To my naive younger self, Captain America was a man in tights with…

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23

Aug

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Microsoft / Xbox Join Epic Games in the Battle with Apple

Well as we figured it would, this battle continues to get more interesting by the week. As we've already discussed at length, Epic took a stand with Apple (and Google to a lesser degree) in challenging their antiquated policies on the App Store. Apple since responded by threatening to revoke…

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16

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Xbox Announces Game Stack Development Conference for August

Xbox is beginning to fire on all cylinders in the lead up to next-generation. While all eyes are focused on the Xbox Games Showcase next week, the next development conference has also been scheduled. A new episode of Game Stack Live will take place at 10am PST / 1pm EST…

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08

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

How Project xCloud is Assisting Game Development Remotely

When it comes to gaming, we focus on the end product. We get excited about game launches, play games daily to our heart's content, and are critical when our expectations aren't met. In reality however, we are the beneficiaries of the end product of years of planning, coordination, and complex…

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22

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Xbox Shutting Down Mixer, Will Transition to a Partnership with Facebook Gaming

For quite a while now, there's been rumblings that something didn't feel right at Mixer. After signing a few big name streamers to the service, the support model seemed to take a nosedive and Xbox in general stopped talking about and promoting it. It seems the writing was on the…

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05

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

343 Industries to Develop a New Project in the Halo Universe

For years now, many fans have been wanting to see 343 Industries create a Halo title in another genre that explores a different part of the vast universe. With the success of Gears Tactics, it only solidifies the point that other games in these beloved IPs can be well received.…

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