Tag: Phil Spencer
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Knows How Annoying The Forza Horizon 4 Situation Is
He says he's "very careful" about taking on licenses
All the way back in June, it was announced that Forza Horizon 4 would be getting delisted on the Xbox Store beginning December 15th, and unfortunately we'd been expecting it for a while - it always happens with Forza games! Why? Well, there are licensing deals attached to these titles (think of...
News Xbox Boss Provides Multiple Reasons Why A 'PS5 Pro' Competitor Isn't Necessary
Phil doesn't see the need for it
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has talked on a couple of occasions about why he doesn't really feel the need for a PS5 Pro competitor, but this is the first time he's talked about since the console actually came out. His view hasn't changed though. Speaking to Rolling Stone this week, Spencer told...
News Phil Spencer Explains Why 'This Is An Xbox' Will Be Beneficial To Console Owners
"We’ll definitely do more consoles..."
The whole "This is an Xbox" campaign that Microsoft unveiled yesterday really spelled out a key new message - that Microsoft is trying to consider every single gaming device as something that you can play Xbox games on. We knew it'd prove controversial, and it has been. The main source of controversy comes...
News Phil Spencer Thinks Stalker 2 Could Be An Xbox Game Of The Year Contender
"The quality has really come a long way"
It's official, folks, we're less than a week away from Stalker 2 hitting Xbox Game Pass - and Microsoft's gaming boss thinks that the open-world shooter could be a real GOTY contender in 2024. Speaking with Game File, Phil Spencer was asked about the upcoming title and its
News Phil Spencer: I Can't Talk About Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Status
"I can't announce that"
It's been a weird Xbox journey for Black Myth: Wukong so far. The game was originally expected to launch on Microsoft's consoles alongside the PS5 release, but then was suddenly delayed back in June for Xbox specifically. Why? Well, the developer advised that it was for "quality standards" reasons, but rumours suggested that...
News Is Xbox Successful Right Now? Phil Spencer Shares His Thoughts
"We need to be creative and adaptive..."
It's been a weird year for Xbox, right? There have been plenty of successes (and hopefully more to come with the likes of Stalker 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Indiana Jones on the way), but a few negative moments as well. We've seen jobs that have been lost,
News Xbox Boss Says Everything Is On The Table When It Comes To PS5 Ports
"I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio"
Ever since Microsoft started releasing some of its titles on Sony's PS5, there've been rumours that certain franchises won't ever move over - but Xbox boss Phil Spencer has thrown that notion out of the window in a new interview. Chatting with Bloomberg, the Microsoft Gaming CEO said that there ar
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Confirms Handheld Plans, But Don't Expect One Anytime Soon
"We want to be informed by learning"
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been talking again today about the rumoured Xbox handheld that's said to be in the works, with Spencer confirming that plans are in the works to (hopefully) create one. However, in his interview with Bloomberg, he made sure to point out that it's a longer-term...
News Xbox Boss Namedrops Marvel's Blade & Everwild Following Recent Studio Visits
Phil has been busy!
As of late, the Xbox exec team have been a bit quieter on social media, especially in the wake of Microsoft's recent studio closures and developer layoffs. However, Phil Spencer has been breaking that trend recently with a return to the Threads platform - and the boss has delivered some interesting Xbox Game Studios updates over...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Is Clearly Loving Metaphor: ReFantazio Right Now
How about you?
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been out for a week now on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we can confidently say it's one of our top games of 2024. It's so good that we even gave it an "Outstanding" 10/10 review here at Pure Xbox! Xbox boss Phil Spencer has clearly been loving his time with the game as well, as he took to the social...
News Xbox Japan Takes Us Through A Tokyo Game Show Journey, Featuring Phil Spencer
The boss got busy playing Xbox in Japan
Earlier this week, we spotted Phil Spencer re-emerging on social media with a bunch of TGS 2024 content, and now Xbox Japan has pulled back the curtain on the Xbox boss's trip to the Japanese gaming convention. Posting on Xbox Wire, the Japanese arm of the site has shared an inside look at what Phil,...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Gets Busy Meeting Loads Of Japanese Devs At TGS 2024
Square Enix, Konami, Capcom and more!
It was a busy old Tokyo Game Show for Xbox, with the team delivering a jam-packed showcase full of new reveals from Japanese studios last week. However, TGS is also a bit of an industry get together in the region, and boss Phil Spencer has been making good use of his time over in Tokyo. Posting out to Instagram...
News New Tango Gameworks Publisher Praises Xbox Boss, Reveals More On Hi-Fi RUSH 2
"He has been incredibly accommodating"
It's been just over a month since the former Xbox-owned studio Tango Gameworks was acquired by South Korean publisher Krafton, and the head of corporate development (Maria Park) has been speaking about the move this week. Park touched on a number of topics during the interview, including how "incredibly...
News Phil Spencer Congratulates Tokyo Game Show Host On Doing 'An Amazing Job' For Xbox
"Thanks for being on our show, you were so good!"
We've got to admit, we thoroughly enjoyed Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream last week. We got tons of great reveals during the broadcast — including a huge shadow drop from publisher Square Enix — and all-in-all it was a well-executed show from Microsoft. And, it looks like we weren't the only...
Random Xbox Extends Phil Spencer's PS5 Controller Joke
"This is where the X button goes"
In case you missed it, Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently made a light-hearted joke about the button placement on Sony's PlayStation 5 controller, noting how the 'X' button (known as a cross on PlayStation's gamepads) is in
News Phil Spencer Says 2024 Is Xbox's Best Year In Asia 'Across All Devices'
Steady growth
Tokyo Game Show 2024 is a wrap, at least in terms of Xbox's big livestream, with Microsoft delivering some pretty fantastic reveals across a roughly 45-minute show. Phil kicked things off with the surprise StarCraft announcement,
News Xbox's Sarah Bond Initially 'Clashed' With Phil Spencer When Working Together
"I’m not being paid to do what he says"
Xbox President Sarah Bond has been working at Microsoft HQ for a few years now, and while the current leadership team featuring Sarah is likely more settled these days in terms of working with one another, it sounds like it wasn't always plain sailing at first. In a huge new Bloomberg profile on Xbox's...
News Phil Spencer Invites Xbox Fans To Tune Into Tokyo Games Show 2024 Broadcast
"We hope you enjoy the show"
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it would be hosting a Tokyo Games Show broadcast for the 2024 event, and now Xbox boss Phil Spencer has a short message for fans ahead of the big show. Posted out to YouTube and available up above, Phil invites "players in Japan, across Asia and around the world" to tune into...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Spotted Online Enjoying Some Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
P3 hitting up some SM2 co-op
With everything going on at Xbox right now we'd expect boss Phil Spencer to be rather busy, but as it turns out, he's not too busy to miss out on some Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 with the squad. Yep, as posted on Twitter, Phil (AKA P3) has been hitting up some Space Marine 2 this week, along with fellow Xbox exec...
News Xbox Is Cutting 650 More Jobs, Confirms Phil Spencer In Letter To Employees
"I know that this is difficult news to hear"
It's been confirmed today by Xbox boss Phil Spencer that the Microsoft Gaming division will be cutting 650 jobs across "mostly corporate and supporting functions" to ensure the business is sufficiently organised for long-term success. This was first reported by Stephen Totilo at Game File, who shared...
News Phil Spencer Talks About Two Activision Games That Xbox Missed Out On Signing
"I've made some of the worst game choice decisions"
During PAX West 2024, Xbox boss Phil Spencer hosted a 'Story Time' chat about the gaming industry, discussing many different aspects of the business - including some of Xbox's history. In that chat, Phil was asked about some of the biggest games that Microsoft 'missed out' on signing up, and the...
News Phil Spencer On Game Exclusivity: 'We Have To Anticipate There's Going To Be More Change'
The Xbox boss weighs in
Yesterday, head of Xbox Phil Spencer responded to Tuesday night's massive news about Indiana Jones hitting PS5 next year, but that's not all the boss had to say. Following on from his comments about building a stronger Xbox, Phil talked about the industry at large; specifically game exclusivity and how that will contin
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Comments On Indiana Jones PS5, And Microsoft's Plan Moving Forward
"It's just going to be a strategy that works for us"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has made an appearance at Gamescom 2024 - effectively kicking off Microsoft's daily livestream schedule that's planned for the next few days. Of course, with the huge Indiana Jones news last night, Phil was quickly asked about the team's PS5 annou
News Former Xbox Exec Defends Phil Spencer's Recent Decisions As Head Of Xbox
"He's running a business"
In the aftermath of rumours about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 next year, former Xbox exec Major Nelson has defended Microsoft's Phil Spencer on the recent strategy change over at Xbox. With Indiana Jones potentially being the next big Xbox-developed game to launch on other console platforms, fans have...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Seems Interested In Microsoft's New AI Upscaling Technology
"Boosts frame rates while maintaining detailed visuals"
A couple of months ago, Microsoft officially revealed something called Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR), which is an AI-upscaling technology that's being implemented in the latest CoPilot+ PCs featuring Snapdragon X processors. The idea behind Auto SR is to render "existing" games at a...
Talking Point Xbox Fans, How Do You Feel About The Future Of The Brand In 2024?
Has the June showcase turned things around?
It's no secret that 2024 has been a bit of a wild time to be an Xbox fan. We started out the year with rumours and speculation leading to a special business update podcast, while the last few months have brought numerous PS5 ports and s
News Head Of Xbox Phil Spencer Will Be Kicking Off PAX West 2024 This August
With "an informative and engaging talk"
PAX co-organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade have today announced that Xbox's Phil Spencer will have a big presence at the PAX West 2024 event. Kicking off the show on August 30th, Phil will deliver "the opening Storytime speech" for this year's edition of the convention, which runs through September 2nd. Phil...
News Xbox's 'Slimy Platform Things' Comment Draws Attention Of Former PlayStation Boss
From Phil Spencer's interview this past Sunday
On Sunday, Xbox boss Phil Spencer conducted an interview with IGN about a variety of topics, and during the conversation, he mentioned how he didn't want to do "slimy platform things" to force a certain way of playing games. Here's the exact quote from the conversation, which focused on Call of Duty:...
Talking Point 10 Years Ago, Phil Spencer's First E3 In Charge Marked A Turning Point For Xbox
Games, games and more games
A decade ago this month, Xbox fans around the world were getting excited for Microsoft's E3 2014 showcase - a showcase that needed to deliver after a tumultuous first year with Xbox One. At the time, Xbox Game Studios boss Phil Spencer had just moved up the ladder into his Head of Xbox role, and it marked a pretty big...
Random Phil Spencer Seems To Be Preparing His Own Nuke Launch In Fallout 76
Whatever they can do, Phil can do too
So, err, last week certainly stirred up some interesting stories in Xbox land - with fans nuking Phil Spencer's camp in Fallout 76 definitely being one of the weirder things we covered before logging off for the weekend. While we took a little screen break for a few days though, the Xbox boss has seemingly been...
News Xbox Veteran Suggests Recent Decisions 'Probably Aren't Being Made By Phil Spencer'
"I 100% believe this is a board-level decision"
This week has been chaotic to say the least in the world of Xbox, with four studio closures and various other reports about the situation being shared earlier this week. We don't have all the details on the exact reasons behind the closures just yet, so unsurprisingly we're getting a lot of varied...
Random Phil Spencer Is Getting Trolled In Fallout 76 Following Xbox Controversy
"Someone nuked Phil Spencer’s camp"
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been unusually quiet amidst all of the Microsoft controversy going on right now, and this radio silence from the typically-open Xbox exec seems to have driven some Fallout fans to start 'trolling' Phil in-game. As spotted over on Twitter, 'P3's Camp' appears to have been nuked within...
News Former Blizzard President Gives Support To Phil Spencer Amidst Xbox Negativity
"He's a good human"
Today's news that Xbox is shutting multiple Bethesda studios including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks undoubtedly hasn't gone down well, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has come under fire on social media as a result. In response, former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra shared a message of support for Spencer on Twitter earlier this...
News Phil Spencer Set To Take Part In Big Interview After 2024 Xbox Games Showcase
Things are heating up ahead of the big day
Xbox Showcase season is really starting to kick into gear now! We recently got all the details on when exactly the 2024 summer show will take place, and now outlet IGN has announced that it will be hosting an interview with Xbox Boss Phil Spencer right after the show. According to IGN's Xbox guru Ryan...
Random Xbox Boss Spotted Rocking Huge Fallout Helmet Behind The Scenes
"Guess who this is..."
Fallout fever is certainly spreading at the moment, as the brand-new TV show hits a massive viewership milestone in just over two weeks since its release - and it seems that Xbox boss Phil Spencer has caught the bug over at Microsoft HQ right now. Posting to Instagram, Xbox exec Sarah Bond initially asked fans to guess who...
News New Xbox Indie 'Stunt Paradise' Has Got The Attention Of Phil Spencer
If you like Trials, you might like this
Back at the end of March, an indie game by the name of Stunt Paradise made its debut on Xbox and other platforms, and clearly it's been a hit so far! Better yet, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been spotted enjoying it as well. The developers of Stunt Paradise took to social media yesterday to showcase Phil's...
Random Fallout 76 Player Uploads Latest Encounter With Phil Spencer
One of us!
We all know Microsoft's Gaming CEO Phil Spencer spends a lot of time in games, and from time to time, players tend to encounter him in their favourite titles. He's been mentioning in some interviews recently how he's been playing Fallout 76, and one player who goes by the name of 'JMurker315' on the Xbox Series X subreddit has now had a...
News Phil Spencer Celebrates 10 Years As Head Of Xbox This Weekend
Time flies
This weekend marks an extremely important milestone in the world of Xbox, as Phil Spencer will be celebrating 10 years as the head of the brand on Sunday, March 31st. Yes, it's really been that long now! Spencer famously took on the job as Xbox boss following a rough Xbox One launch and the subsequent departure of former head Don...
News Phil Spencer On Porting Exclusives: 'Every Decision We Make Is To Make Xbox Stronger'
"It doesn’t mean everyone’s going to agree"
The 2024 edition of GDC has just taken place, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been present at the conference to talk all-things gaming as usual. His presence has led to an in-depth chat with outlet Polygon - where the boss spoke about the future of Xbox and its exclusive strategy. As we all now know,...
News Phil Spencer Would Like To See Other Digital Storefronts Appear On Xbox
"How can we be part of opening up that model?"
During a chat at this year's Game Developers Conference, Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke about how he would like to break down certain "walled gardens" within the gaming space, so players could potentially buy games from other storefronts on Xbox. When asked about a future where storefronts like the "Epic...
News Ori Dev Expects To Do 'Exciting Things In Future' With Team Xbox
"I 100% believe in where Phil is heading!"
Moon Studios' creative director Thomas Mahler is a fairly active fellow on social media at the moment, and after making some interesting comments about the 'console wars' last week, the Ori developer has voiced his support of Xbox in recent days - hinting that Moon Studios is likely to work with Team Green...
News Phil Spencer Praises Recent Xbox Game Pass Release 'Return To Grace'
"Really enjoyed the game"
Last month, first-person narrative adventure Return to Grace came to Xbox Game Pass in what turned out to be a pretty busy February for the service. We haven't had chance to try this one out yet, but the stacked lineup hasn't stopped Xbox boss Phil Spencer from giving it a go. Taking to Twitter this week, Phil want
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Praises 'Unique, Emotional' Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons
"If you haven't played I highly recommend it"
Every now and then, Phil Spencer drops his opinion on some of the latest and greatest games coming to Xbox, and today the boss has chimed in on Josef Fares' debut title ahead of its upcoming remake. Yep, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake launches for Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, and Phil has showered...
News Phil Spencer Tells Xbox Fan To Expect Major xCloud Feature 'This Year'
Related to playing your "owned games"
You may recall that back in mid-2022, a new Xbox Cloud Gaming feature was announced that would let you play "owned" games from your My Games & Apps library using the service - even if they weren't part of Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft has gone quiet on this e
News Xbox Talks Game Preservation, Says Players Should Be 'Confident' Building Digital Libraries
"Our commitment to game preservation is unwavering"
Although it wasn't the biggest talking point at yesterday's Xbox event, the team had some interesting things to say around game preservation, taking the opportunity to highlight how compatibility is at the "foundation" of the brand. In a post on the official Xbox Wire blog last night, it was...
News Phil Spencer: Xbox's New Plan Is 'Not A Change To Our Fundamental Exclusive Strategy'
"We're making these decisions for some specific reasons"
You may have heard about a little event that happened last night regarding the future of Xbox - an event where Phil Spencer & co. confirmed that four Xbox titles are making their way over to other console platforms. Despite this new plan from Team Green, the Xbox boss is keen to stress...
Random Phil Spencer Has Been 'Liking' Tweets About Xbox And Handhelds
"Microsoft really needs to step in here"
There's all kinds of rumours and speculation floating around about Xbox at the moment, but when it comes to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, all he's had to say publicly is that his team is "listening" and will reveal more on Thursday. That said, he's recently been "liking" some very interesting tweets relating to...
News Microsoft Announces Official Date & Time For 'Updates On The Xbox Business'
"Please join us"
Rumours about the future of Xbox and its first-party games have been swirling for a good week-or-so now, and we're finally about to get some answers straight from the team. As head of Xbox Phil Spencer alluded to recently, Microsoft is holding a 'business update event' this week, and the company has now announced when it'll share...
News Tension Builds As Xbox Prepares For Major 'Business Update Event' This Week
We're finally getting some answers
It feels like it's been an age since Xbox's Phil Spencer announced plans for a "business update event" to take place this week, but it's actually only been seven days - and sadly we haven't heard much about it since then! We know a lot of Xbox fans are eagerly trying to find out more details about this Xbox event...
Talking Point What Do You Expect To See From Microsoft's Update On The Future Of Xbox?
Speculation is rampant
So, the next thing doing the rounds in this whole 'future of Xbox' saga is a vague comment from The Verge's Tom Warren - a comment that is eliciting some knee-jerk reactions to say the least. Basically, Tom believes that much of Team Xbox doesn't really know what's going to happen at Micro
