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WE ARE XBOX. That's the rallying cry from the new leads of the Microsoft subsidiary formerly known as Microsoft Gaming... but after ousting Phil Spencer after his quarter-century tenure with Xbox, is this all for show, or are "are we so back"?
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Slay The Spire's sequel was punching well above its weight when it launched earlier this year. Critically adored, the game went toe-to-toe with a new game from Bungie and came out on top! Why then has it been facing sequential review bombs to the tune of 10s of 1000s reviews on Steam?!
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Eve Online developer CCP is independent again, and it's got hit game Crimson Desert to blame.
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Between Forza, Subnautica and James Bond, May is already packed. And then we need to talk about the indies...
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"a premeditated and deliberate choice by Nacon’s management" is behind the closure of AA team Spiders, and staff aren't happy.
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Not happy with European efforts hogging the limelight, the Stop Killing Games movement is finally inching towards some meaningful progress via the California State Assembly. The 4th largest global economy certainly isn't a bad first step!
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A whole development studio is shuttering because their corporate parent's corporate parent can't raise money from their banks.
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As of this month, after years of limited breaches, Denuvo now protects zero games on PC.
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A thirty-day countdown to inaccessibility is what some PlayStation fans are facing, as they believe Sony has flipped the killswitch.
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Krafton certainly have a confusing reputation, publisher of the absurdly popular PUBG, saviour of Hi-Fi Rush & its team, major advocate of shoving GenAI into every project and all the Subnautica legal drama... now they want to ruin the very concept of Early Access games on Steam for us all too?
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New Head of Xbox Asha Sharma has been in the role for a mere 60 days. Likely any fledgling leader, she (and her bosses at Microsoft corporate!) wanted to make a strong first move. Kicking CoD off Game Pass's day 1 offering and slashing the subs pricing substantially? It's a bold strategy, Cotton...
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"We Are Xbox", but is Xbox something that players actually want? The new leadership think they can prove that.