Earlier this year, Sony PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said that Microsoft’s promise to support Call of Duty on PlayStation for three more years was “inadequate on many levels.” Now in comments to the gaming podcast SameBrain, Xbox chief Phil Spencer appears to have extended that timeframe to forever, or at least as long as PlayStation exists as a platform.
“We’re not…
EA Motive partners with Marvel on 3 games starting with Iron Man
November 1, 2022
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EA Motive is partnering with Disney and Marvel to make three new games based on Marvel properties. The first title…
Why Mark Pincus sold Zynga for $12.7B and still has unfinished business with blockchain games
October 31, 2022
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Mark Pincus started Zynga in 2007 on a vision of social gaming reaching everyone. He guided the company through the…
Prime Gaming offers Fallout: New Vegas among November titles
October 29, 2022
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Amazon revealed the free games it’s offering to its Prime Gaming subscribers in November. These include Fallout: New Vegas, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and WRC 9. It’s also launching several free games to its Prime Gaming channel on…
Twitch is continuing its ongoing safety reforms with a simple but potentially useful move: writing its policies in plain language. The company has rewritten its Community Guidelines to provide what it believes is a clearer structure with simpler wording, more context and…
Netflix's animated Sonic series will arrive on December 15th
October 28, 2022
Almost two years after Netflix tweeted (and deleted) about an animated Sonic the Hedgehog series that’s coming to the streaming service, the show has a release date. Season one of Sonic Prime will hit the platform on December 15th. The first season will have 24…
The gaming industry has a justly earned reputation when it comes to ugly behavior from users — from hate groups to grooming and illegal goods. With the metaverse and the influx of user-generated content, there’s a whole new avenue for harmful content and people intent on causing harm.
But along with this new stage of gaming and technology comes an opportunity to do things differently, and do…
Xbox Game Pass accounts for 15 percent of Microsoft’s gaming revenue, says Phil Spencer
October 27, 2022
Microsoft’s Game Pass service is profitable and accounts for about 15 percent of the company’s overall Xbox content and services revenue. Microsoft Gaming chief Phil Spencer shared the tidbit of information in an on-stage interview at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech…
Philips Norelco brings Movember to Roblox with Shavetopia
October 26, 2022
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Philips Norelco is creating an interactive metaverse experience called Shavetopia in…
At WWDC 2022 earlier this year, Apple announced a bunch of gaming improvements rolling out with iOS 16, including support for Nintendo’s Joy-Con and Pro controllers. Now, you’ll also be able to use Nintendo’s modernized retro gamepads with your iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and even Apple TVs. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has discovered that iOS 16.1 and tvOS 16.1 supports…
