2 weeks after announcing new game, Xbox studio might shut down
… Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory were acquired by Microsoft over a two-year period in a studio-acquisition spending spree by Xbox. …
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The legal fallout of Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is finally over
Sign in to your Polygon.com account Nearly four-and-a-half years after the acquisition was first announced, Microsoft has finally settled the last remaining legal challenge to its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. …
Resident Evil creator's new studio teases an original horror game
Sign in to your Polygon.com account Resident Evil and The Evil Within creator Shinji Mikami 's new studio, Unbound Inc., has joined Shift Up, the developer behind Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke . …
Controversial Paramount-Warner Bros. mega merger cleared by US regulator
… Should the merger go through, the recently announced Paramount Game Studios would theoretically absorb Warner Bros. Games and studios like Avalanche Software, NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady Studios, and TT Games. …
Over 1,000 Hollywood heavy-hitters blast Paramount's WB takeover in fiery open letter
… Folding a major studio into another is ultimately a labor issue and a move that puts fewer people at the top deciding what is culturally relevant. …
3 great Xbox Game Pass games to check out this weekend
… After Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks was closed by Microsoft , it was saved by Krafton a short time later. At the time of the acquisition, Krafton said it wanted the studio to "continue developing the Hi-Fi Rush IP," so hopefully that means a sequel is on the table, because the game slaps. …
Microsoft Gaming is now just Xbox, as new leaders promise big changes
… Under Spencer, thanks to acquisitions of multi-platform developers like Mojang, Activision, Bethesda Softworks, and others, Microsoft broke free of traditional console-exclusivity constraints. Many first-party Xbox Game Studios games now arrive day-and-date on Nintendo and PlayStation platforms. …
Future James Bond games confirmed by Amazon Games, but First Light team's role in question
… Developer IO Interactive announced last week that its young Bond game sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours on the market, reaching that milestone faster than any of the studio's Hitman games. …
The game that could be a Forza Horizon killer
… "When you build a studio, and you build tech, you build it at a point in time," he said. …
Microsoft should sell Xbox before it ruins everything
… According to Bloomberg , "several other studios across the portfolio are at risk of being shuttered." State of Decay studio Undead Labs hasn't shipped a game since Microsoft acquired it in 2018. …