Satya Nadella's Microsoft doesn't care about the success of individual studios, projects or the staff who produce them. Xbox as a whole is simply another line item on a spreadsheet, one that, in sacrifice to the line gods, was butchered once again. It's been a rough week.
First, they targeted Steam, and now the payment processors have been directed at Itch.io. A whole generation of independent games and media has just been censored.
What happened to the war within? Not the expansion - the war. We're almost off on a sidequest to a war on another planet! The War Without doesn't have the same ring to it.
Yves' Son and Yves' Cousin walk into a boardroom, and walk out with control of Ubisoft's new $1.8bn subsidiary. The best men for the job.
Xbox are backpedalling, as their first attempt to charge $80 for a game is quietly reversed.