Today Xbox Corporate Vice President of Game Creator Experience & Ecosystem Sarah Bond commented on the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Bond took to Twitter to thank the…
June 1, 2023 | 03:53 EDT
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick commented on the proposed acquisition by Microsoft. In an interview on Variety, Kotick explained why being acquired by the console manufacturer made sense for…
May 31, 2023 | 01:35 EDT
Today the British Competitions Appeal Tribunal hosted a case management conference to indicate the calendar of Microsoft's appeal against the CMA's decision to block the acquisition of Activision…
May 30, 2023 | 12:46 EDT
Today South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has announced that it has cleared Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. According to the official announcement, the approval was decided…
May 30, 2023 | 12:36 EDT
Today the British Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published the application by Microsoft to appeal against the local Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following its decision to block the…
May 26, 2023 | 12:13 EDT
Yesterday, a judge of the United States District Court Northern District of California denied the preliminary injunction requested against Microsoft in the so-called "gamers' lawsuit" aiming to…
May 20, 2023 | 10:39 EDT
British Antitrust regulator CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) has issued a response to the decision by the European Union to clear Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In a frankly…
May 15, 2023 | 12:45 EDT
Today the European Commission announced that it has cleared the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. The announcement comes after a lengthy investigation that lasted several months, and…
May 15, 2023 | 11:58 EDT
During the latest episode of the Kinda Funny Xcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer talked about the upcoming Xbox Game Showcase in June and the way forward for the brand. Spencer mentioned that…
May 4, 2023 | 07:36 EDT
Today Microsoft announced a referral program for its PC Game Pass service. If you're an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass user, you can now send trials for PC Game Pass to up to five friends…
May 2, 2023 | 01:57 EDT
Microsoft suffers a big loss this week after their acquisition of Activision Blizzard gets shot down by the CMA, what’s next for Xbox’s purchase journey and how petty will they become? The podcast…
May 1, 2023 | 07:15 EDT
While the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft has received a significant blow due to the denial by the British CMA, the house of Xbox appears to be undeterred and is continuing…
April 28, 2023 | 03:00 EDT
Microsoft is hosting its financial conference call for investors and analysts, and during the initial remarks, chief executive officer Satya Nadella and chief financial officer Amy Hood provided more…
April 25, 2023 | 06:13 EDT
Microsoft announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023, including details on the performance of its Xbox business. The related press release and presentation…
April 25, 2023 | 04:13 EDT
Today Xbox Games Marketing VP at Microsoft Aaron Greenberg commented on the performance of Tango Gameworks' rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush. Greenberg took to Twitter to explain that the game was a "…
April 21, 2023 | 11:56 EDT
Today Microsoft made the PC version of its popular Xbox Game Pass service available in 40 new countries around the world. According to the announcement, the service is officially launching today (…
April 11, 2023 | 10:59 EDT
Today Tango Gameworks released a new update for its rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush. The update comes with assists that provide you with an easier time with the rhythm gameplay and automatic…
April 10, 2023 | 12:20 EDT
UPDATE: Unfortunately, this turned out to be a mistake by the user who posted the image. As revealed on Resetera, they accidentally left their account set to New Zealand after shifting it to play…
March 30, 2023 | 10:02 EDT
Today the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published the results of its investigation on the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. According to the announcement, the antitrust…
March 28, 2023 | 11:48 EDT
Today Microsoft announced another 10-year partnership to bring its games and Activision Blizzard's to another cloud gaming platform, Ubitus. Of course, the Activision Blizzard part is still pending…
March 15, 2023 | 11:28 EDT
Today Microsoft announced another 10-year deal with Ukrainian cloud gaming platform Boosteroid. The deal promises the availability of Microsoft's own PC games on top of Bethesda's and Activision's…
March 14, 2023 | 01:41 EDT
The regulatory squabble between Microsoft and Sony continues with new documents published by the British CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) about the proposed acquisition of Activision.…
March 8, 2023 | 01:08 EST
Microsoft has announced the first part of the Xbox Game Pass March 2023 lineup, and there are a couple of pretty great games in there for subscribers. You can look forward to survival horror, turn-…
March 7, 2023 | 09:19 EST
The latest Hi-Fi Rush update brings Photo Mode to the players, where they can now pause the rockin' action at any time to take posed pictures with Chai and his allies. Being able to take stellar…
March 1, 2023 | 10:00 EST
Today Microsoft released a new video featuring a rather extensive interview with Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer. Spencer mentions that the focus for the Xbox team is currently on June's showcase. We…
February 28, 2023 | 02:09 EST
Today Microsoft announced a deal with Nvidia to bring its own and Activision Blizzard's PC games to the Geforce Now gaming service, including the Call of Duty franchise. The deal, revealed during a…
February 21, 2023 | 01:49 EST
Hi-Fi Rush came out of nowhere in so many ways. The sudden launch on the same day it was announced is almost as surprising as the fact that it came from the same studio behind The Evil Within and…
February 13, 2023 | 12:47 EST
Today Microsoft revealed a new Xbox wireless controller, the Stellar Shift Special Edition. The controller, which is already available in some markets, comes with a blue-purple shimmer that…
February 7, 2023 | 11:12 EST
If you're like me, you may be a bit skeptical whenever a new rhythm game is announced. Even the best stories and most fun gameplay can feel forced when there's a rhythm element to it, alienating a…
February 7, 2023 | 12:00 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new game from Tango Gameworks that puts players in control of Chai. Chai is a rocker who due to some medical malpractice has woken up with a metal arm and a music player stuck in his…
January 31, 2023 | 08:07 EST
Today Microsoft announced that it will increase the price of both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in Japan. The Japanese arm of Microsoft revealed that Xbox Series X will be priced at 59,978 yen…
January 30, 2023 | 09:33 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new game from Tango Gameworks that puts players in control of Chai. Chai is a rocker who due to some medical malpractice has woken up with a metal arm and a music player stuck in his…
January 30, 2023 | 10:13 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new game from Tango Gameworks that puts players in control of Chai. Chai is a rocker who due to some medical malpractice has woken up with a metal arm and a music player stuck in his…
January 27, 2023 | 12:21 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new game from Tango Gameworks that puts players in control of Chai. Chai is a rocker who due to some medical malpractice has woken up with a metal arm and a music player stuck in his…
January 25, 2023 | 11:10 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new game from Tango Gameworks that puts players in control of Chai. Chai is a rocker who due to some medical malpractice has woken up with a metal arm and a music player stuck in his…
January 25, 2023 | 08:05 EST
Today we had the first Xbox and Bethesda Developer_Direct and while the general population was warned not to expect any surprises it seems that there was one in tow. Today Tango Gameworks showed off…
January 25, 2023 | 08:04 EST
Hi-Fi Rush is a new Rhythm Action game from Tango Gameworks where you play as rocker Chai who is hell bent on taking down the evil corporation. Announced at the Xbox and Bethesda Developer_Direct on…
January 25, 2023 | 04:59 EST
Today, during Microsoft's Developer Direct livestream, the house of Xbox and Tango Gameworks revealed the rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush. The biggest surprise (besides the fact that the game's…
January 25, 2023 | 03:50 EST
Microsoft is hosting its financial conference call for investors and analysts, with chief executive officer Satya Nadella and chief financial officer Amy Hood providing more insight into the…
January 24, 2023 | 06:13 EST
Microsoft announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023, including details on the performance of its Xbox business. The related press release and presentation…
January 24, 2023 | 04:15 EST
Xbox has announced that it's teaming up with Oreo for a series of special cookies bearing Xbox logos, as well as for some exciting in-game bonuses. If you pick up a pack of these new Oreo cookies and…
January 9, 2023 | 10:44 EST
The saga of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft has become long and convoluted, and another chapter has just been added by the British regulator, the CMA. The Competition &…
January 5, 2023 | 04:45 EST
Microsoft has created a full-fledged platform with its popular sim Microsoft Flight Simulator, and hundreds of third-party developers are creating countless add-ons to enrich its skies. Of…
January 3, 2023 | 05:19 EST
After a brief recap of the funniest point of The Game Awards ceremony, we got into hard-hitting discussions, like the issues developers might have against “woke” gaming reviewers and the lawsuit that…
December 12, 2022 | 07:00 EST
Gimmighoul is the newest revealed Pokemon, Suare Enix revealed their NFT game Symbiogenesis, boy PSVR2 is pretty expensive huh, Microsoft revealed they are selling consoles at a big loss, and the…
November 7, 2022 | 07:05 EST
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Games With Gold October 2022 lineup, and although there are only two games on offer this month, they're still titles you might want to check out. One is an open-ended…
September 29, 2022 | 11:06 EDT
This week on the TechRaptor Podcast the big topic of discussion is the contention (Console Wars are back??) between Sony and Microsoft over the purchase of Activision. Microsoft also uses its…
August 15, 2022 | 07:05 EDT
The latest flurry of games added to Xbox Game Pass includes a brand new game launching tomorrow in As Dusk Falls, and older titles such as Torment: Tides of Numenera, Inside, MotoGP 22, Watch Dogs 2…
July 18, 2022 | 10:14 EDT