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News Phil Spencer Shares Message With Xbox Fans For Thanksgiving 2022
"I just wanted to say thank you"
If you're celebrating it today, then happy Thanksgiving! As you may have noticed, team Xbox has been very quiet over the past 24 hours (we haven't even had any Free Play Days titles), and that's because Thanksgiving is taking priority. However, we have seen a few messages from various Xbox employees marking the...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer To Receive 'Legend Award' In New York This January
"He is being honored for his phenomenal contributions..."
The New York Videogame Critics Circle has confirmed today that Head of Xbox Phil Spencer will receive the prestigious Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the New York Game Awards on January 17th, 2023. Spencer will be in attendance to claim the award in a couple of months' time, and shared his...
News Jim Ryan Denies Sony Is Misleading Regulators Over Xbox's Activision Blizzard Deal
The PlayStation boss speaks out
The saga continues! Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan has expressed a few words today as part of a New York Times report concerning Xbox's attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, denying claims that Sony has been misleading regulators throughout the process. In recent weeks, Microsoft has...
Random Xbox's Boss Has Set Up A Mastodon Account, Just In Case...
He's still active on Twitter, for now
One of the major ways Xbox communicates with fans is via the social media website Twitter. Now, as you might have heard, there's been some drama unfolding since the billionaire Elon Musk acquired the platform for roughly $44 billion. It seems many individuals are worried about the future of Twitter, and are now...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Adamant Call Of Duty Will Remain On PlayStation 'Longer Term'
"Native. Call of Duty. On PlayStation!!"
Well, this is a debate for the ages! Once again, Xbox has come out to defend its position regarding the future of Call of Duty, this time via a new Phil Spencer interview with The Verge. Phil seems adamant that Xbox will continue to support CoD on PlayStation well into the future, even touching on a...
News Phil Spencer Is Absolutely Loving 'Vampire Survivors' On Xbox Game Pass
"I will sink hours and hours into this"
Vampire Survivors has officially made its way to Xbox consoles following its PC Game Pass debut back in May, and a certain someone seems to be enjoying the game quite a bit! Xbox's Phil Spencer has been posting all over Twitter the last few days, expressing his love for the recently released indie title. Here...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Chimes In On Sony's God Of War Ragnarok Launch
You love to see it
Ahead of God of War Ragnarok's PS5 launch, Xbox exec Aaron Greenberg popped up on Twitter last week to express his excitement about playing Sony's latest exclusive title. This is a typical sight for an Xbox exec at this point; the team is open and honest about what they're playing! Well, now that the game is out there in the wild,...
News Phil Spencer 'Excited' About Future Of StarCraft & Warcraft Under Xbox
"What could happen with those franchises is pretty exciting to me"
A lot has been said about the treasure trove of IP that Xbox would own after the Activision Blizzard merger, especially things like Call of Duty, Crash and Spyro, amongst other franchises. However, Blizzard has a lot to bring to the table as well, especially more PC-centric
News Phil Spencer Can't Get Enough Of 'Satanic Animal Crossing' On Xbox
"It should be in the GOTY discussion"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer made an appearance on the Same Brain podcast earlier this week, where he revealed some of his favourite Xbox games of the past few months, including massive praise for the indie hit, Cult of the Lamb. He loves it so much, in fact, that the Xbox boss believes Cult of the Lamb (or...
News Microsoft Takes A Big Loss On Xbox Series X|S Consoles, Reveals Phil Spencer
"With the expectation that we will recoup that investment..."
As you may recall, Xbox boss Phil Spencer made a noteworthy appearance at WSJ Tech Live 2022 last week, and now his full 30-minute interview is doing the rounds online, providing us with a few more interesting snippets of info. We already suspected that Microsoft was taking a loss on...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Admits 2022 Has Been 'Light' On Games, Talks Plans For The Future
"It's been too long since we've shipped a big first-party game"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been doing the rounds on the interview circuit lately, and his latest interview was with the YouTube channel Same Brain, where he talked for around 40 minutes about a variety of topics. One of those topics was the "Future of Xbox", during which Spencer...
News Xbox Boss Remains Confident Activision Blizzard Deal Will Be Approved
"We're very focused"
Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is still in the process of being finalised, and while it might seem frustrating for the team at Microsoft, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the ongoing discussion surrounding the size of the acquisition is warranted. In an interview at WSJ Tech Live 2022 earlier this week, Spencer reiterated...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Thinks Today's Metaverse Is A 'Poorly Built Video Game'
"We're at the early stage..."
We're still rounding up all the comments that Xbox boss Phil Spencer had to share at WSJ Tech Live 2022 earlier this week, and one of them was centered around the metaverse, which Spencer has talked about a few times before. In a very honest statement, Spencer admitted that he feels the metaverse is currently like a...
News Xbox Game Pass Is Profitable, But Its Console Growth Is Slowing Down
Phil Spencer provides the details
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has confirmed today during his WSJ Tech Live 2022 discussion that Xbox Game Pass is proving profitable for Microsoft, although growth of the service on the console side has begun to slow down. As transcribed by The Verge, Spencer revealed that around 15% of Xbox's content and services...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Hints At Plans To 'Raise Prices' In The Future
Prepare yourself
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been talking to WSJ Live today as part of a new interview, where he hinted that Xbox will need to increase prices in certain areas in the future, although he refrained from providing any specifics. As highlighted by Tom Warren on Twitter, Spencer explained that he felt it was important to keep prices...
News Phil Spencer & Co. Show Their Support At Halo World Championship Event
"Amazing to see all the energy at this event"
Over this past weekend, the Halo World Championship final has been taking place in Seattle, which has provided the opportunity for some of the most prominent Team Xbox members to attend, given its relatively close proximity to Xbox HQ. One of those members is the Xbox boss himself, Phil Spencer, who has...
News PlatinumGames Would Still Be 'Very Happy' To Work With Xbox On Scalebound
If Phil has changed his tune, that is
In the years since the unfortunate cancellation of Xbox exclusive Scalebound, we've heard plenty of thoughts on a potential project revival, although nothing really concrete. Well, in a new interview with Scalebound developer PlatinumGames, the original team has once again expressed its desir
News Did Phil Spencer Just Reveal A New Xbox Device On His Shelf?
Project Keystone?
Update: It sounds like this could be an "old prototype", as hinted by the official Xbox Twitter account: "Now what did we say about putting old prototypes on your shelf boss?" Original story: It's that time again, folks! Xbox boss Phil Spencer has just posted a new shelf pic, and as you'd expect, we've already analysed it in...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Congratulates PlayStation Studio On Landmark Anniversary
"Congrats to the team"
Xbox boss Phil Spencer is pretty active on Twitter these days, often dropping into all sorts of conversations around gaming generally, not just on the Xbox side of things. Late last week, the Xbox exec replied to PlayStation studio Sucker Punch Productions, congratulating the team on their major anniversary. Sucker Punch...
News Microsoft Lays Out 'Benefits' Of Xbox + Activision Blizzard On New Website
"More choice and more games for people everywhere"
Xbox is continuing to try and sell its case for merging with Activision Blizzard, via a new website that details the benefits that'll come from the merger. Microsoft's new online portal is dubbed "our vision for gaming", and it basically brings all the info on the deal under one roof, including the...
News Phil Spencer Says New Quick Resume Feature Is 'On The List' At Xbox
"Good feature ask, makes sense"
'Quick Resume' was one of Xbox's big new features at the turn of the console generation, allowing users to pick up games right where they left off from a previous session. The feature is a solid one, although it can be spotty in terms of functionality with certain games. Well, Xbox's Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter...
Rumour Xbox Is Talking To 'Major' Japanese Publishers About Acquisitions
Even while the ActiBlizz deal is underway
Xbox is continuing to push for growth in Japan, highlighted by its recent Tokyo Game Show livestream which was one of Xbox's best in recent memory. The show brought a bunch of Japan-focused news, like Ni No Kuni shadow dropping on Xbox Game Pass and much more. Well, if fresh rumours are to be believed, then...
News Microsoft Is Looking To Bring More Original Japanese Titles To Xbox
In the vein of 'Blue Dragon' and 'Lost Odyssey'
We have to admit, we've been really impressed by Xbox's efforts in Japan as of late, especially its recent Tokyo Game Show livestream, which was jam packed with Japan-flavoured Game Pass announcements. As it turns out, this doesn't look like the end of Xbox's upward trajectory in the Japanese market -...
News Xbox Boss Still Has 'Nothing To Say' About A Scalebound Revival
PlatinumGames wants it, but does Phil?
For a game that was cancelled over five years ago, we sure hear about Scalebound a lot! Over the past couple of years, developer PlatinumGames (and specifically Hideki Kamiya) have been talking about the game and a desire to return to it in the future, but there's been no sign of a revival thus far. Xbox boss...
News Phil Spencer & Team Xbox Take Trip To Kojima Productions
"Great seeing you and the team today"
We're always keen to see where Phil & co. are visiting, especially when it could hint at what's to come in the world of Xbox. Well, late last week it appears that Phil Spencer, along with Sarah Bond and a bunch of other Team Xbox members, visited Hideo Kojima's studio; Kojima Productions, ahead of the team's...
News Phil Spencer: Xbox Still Wants Square Enix's MMO Final Fantasy 14
"We haven’t given up..."
Xbox already has quite a number of MMOs and has even secured Phantasy Star Online 2 in recent years, but one that's missing from the lineup is Square Enix's Final Fantasy 14. In 2019, head of Xbox Phil Spencer made a commitment to bringing the game to Xbox, so what's the latest? Speaking to the Japanese website Game Watch...
News Phil Spencer Passionately Defends Xbox Game Pass Over Call Of Duty Concerns
"Competition is about driving competitors to innovate"
As we've already mentioned today, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was recently interviewed by CNBC on a wide variety of topics as part of Tokyo Game Show 2022, including Sony's recent concerns with the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Spencer talked about vari
News Phil Spencer: It's 'Not The Right Move' To Raise Price Of Xbox Series X|S
He says there are "no plans" right now
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been speaking as part of a new CNBC interview this week, and one of the topics that was brought up was the potential of Microsoft raising the prices of Xbox Series X and Series S. Of course, this topic came to light last month when Sony announced that the...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Reveals What To Expect At Tokyo Game Show 2022
"It's an honor for Xbox to be back..."
It's a big week for events and reveals (it's pretty much like another E3 to be honest!) and coming up on Thursday, September 15th is Xbox's event at the Tokyo Game Show 2022, with Phil Spencer revealing what to expect earlier today. The Microsoft Gaming CEO says the stream "will celebrate the vibrant players...
News Phil Spencer: Xbox Went 'Well Beyond Typical Agreements' To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation
He says it's guaranteed for multiple years
Another day, another story about Call of Duty's exclusivity! This time it comes courtesy of The Verge, which has been contacted by Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer about some specifics regarding the deal. Basically, Spencer has confirmed that
News Microsoft Says Sony Doesn't Need To Be 'Worried' About Call Of Duty Exclusivity
"We want people to have more access to games, not less"
Well, Microsoft seems to be on it today with its responses to concerns over the Activision Blizzard deal! Xbox boss Phil Spencer just put out a lengthy response to matters, discussing multiple elements of the merger, and now Microsoft president Brad Smith has made his own statement on things...
News Phil Spencer: We Intend To Put 'Call Of Duty, Diablo, Overwatch' On Xbox Game Pass
But when Phil, WHEN?!
As the Xbox ActiBlizz deal continues to push on through its regulatory rounds, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has come out with a fresh statement on what the deal means for the industry. Within that statement, Spencer talks about Xbox's Game Pass growth, and how the Activision deal will help expand the service. The Xbox boss says that...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Responds To 'Concerns' Over Activision Blizzard Deal
"We will pursue a principled path"
Earlier today, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed that it had "concerns" over Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and now Xbox's Phil Spencer has penned a long public letter in response. Speaking on the Microsoft website, Spencer recognised that "regulators, game developers and...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Praises 'Inspiring Work' From The Last Of Us Dev
All focused around accessibility
To round off a busy Gamescom week, Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer took to Twitter on Friday night to share some love for PlayStation studio Naughty Dog ahead of the release of The Last Of Us Part 1 for PS5. Specifically, he wanted to praise the accessibility options that are being implemented in the...
News Phil Spencer Reveals How Many Hours Of Xbox He Plays Per-Week
What's your guess? No cheating!
One of the things we love about Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is that he's still very much a gamer like the rest of us, and can often be seen playing games on Xbox and PC. But how many hours does he actually play per-week? Amazingly, Spencer revealed during this week's interview with Bloomberg that he's somehow...
News Xbox Boss Explains Two Things That 'Drove Our Interest' About Activision Blizzard
How the discussions started
As we've mentioned, Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer appeared in an interview with Bloomberg earlier this week, and he was asked during the discussion about how the Activision Blizzard deal came together. Interestingly, Spencer didn't point to Call of Duty or any other Activision Blizzard IP in response,...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Understands Why Gamers Don't 'Get' The Metaverse
But he says we've been in it for 30 years
To be honest, we're still a bit confused by the metaverse. As we mentioned last year, it's what Microsoft is calling "a new version – or a new vision – of the internet, one where people gather to communicate, collaborate, and share with a personal virtual presence on any device". Meta (Facebook) also has...
News Xbox Continues To Look For Potential Acquisitions, Says Phil Spencer
Especially in different markets
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has sat down with Bloomberg to discuss all things Xbox, as the industry focuses on Gamescom 2022. Microsoft's head of gaming expressed how he feels about the ongoing Activision Blizzard deal, while also touching on what could potentially come next. In short, Spencer says the company continues...
News Xbox Boss: We'll See Less Platform Exclusive Games In The Future
Phil Spencer gives his prediction
Xbox's Phil Spencer has been talking to Bloomberg today in a new interview, and as part of it, he mentioned that he believes there will be "less and less" platform exclusive games as we move into the future. Spencer was responding to a question about the decision to continue making Call of Duty available on...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer 'Feels Good' About Progress On ActiBlizz Acquisition
"The discussions we've been having seem positive"
Phil Spencer interviews have been somewhat elusive in 2022 compared to recent years, but we've just received a new one courtesy of Bloomberg, where the Xbox boss had some interesting thoughts to share on various topics. In regards to Activision Blizzard, Spencer enthused that he "feels good" about...
News Sea Of Thieves & Everwild Dev Rare Hosts 'Special Guest' Phil Spencer
What is he looking at?
Rare has been quite busy over the past week with the launch of Sea of Thieves Season Seven, but that's not all it's been up to. It turns out the UK developer has also been busy entertaining the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer. In a brief post via social media, the official Rare Twitter revealed how it had been hosting Phil for the...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Admits The Game He Wants To Play Next Is On PlayStation
And people are admiring his honesty
We all know that Head of Xbox Phil Spencer isn't shy about praising Nintendo, PlayStation and other competitors when he feels it's merited — and he also seems to be a big God of War fan based on comments in the past. So, it should probably come as little surprise that Spencer has revealed the game he "wants to...
News Xbox Exec Wants To 'Celebrate' Other Console Platforms More
No more wars
It's no secret that Xbox has been pretty open about trying to break down barriers between console platforms. Xbox boss Phil Spencer routinely takes to the Twitter airways to celebrate the folks over at PlayStation and some of their high profile releases, not to mention Xbox's continued push for full cross-play support. Xbox's Aaron...
News Footage Revealed Of 'Long-Lost' Xbox Exclusive That Phil Spencer Was Forced To Cancel
From the studio behind Star Wars: X-Wing
We've been treated to details on a "long-lost" Xbox exclusive courtesy of Axios and Totally Games, and it just so happens that cancelling the game was apparently Phil Spencer's first assignment on the Xbox gaming team. The game was known as Knights of Decayden, but it had a working title of Archipelago, and...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Is 'Really Enjoying' Road 96 On Game Pass
"Looking forward to playing more..."
One of our personal highlights of last week's Xbox Game Pass lineup was Road 96, and it seems Xbox boss Phil Spencer shares the same views, as he's been taking to Twitter to wax lyrical about the new Game Pass addition. In his tweet, he praised the setting and the story-telling mechanic, and said he couldn't...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Celebrates 'Bungie Day', Shares Kind Words For The Studio
"Congrats on all you've accomplished"
Yesterday was "Bungie Day", starting off a week of celebrations at the Destiny and former Halo developer, and Head of Xbox Phil Spencer took some time to share kind words for the studio in a message over on Twitter. In response to a blog post about the celebrations, Spencer noted how the company has built...
News Xbox Boss Praises God Of War Producer Following Dramatic 24 Hours
"Can't wait to enjoy GoW when it comes out"
If you haven't been following the God of War Ragnarok drama over the past couple of days, you may be totally unaware that there's been quite a lot happening on social media, and Producer Cory Barlog has been getting involved. Basically, it had been rumoured that a date for God of War Ragnarok would be...
Feature Five Years Later, Game Pass Is Still Growing Alongside Xbox Game Studios
Xbox's most important program
Can you believe it's been half a decade since Xbox launched its Game Pass program? Well, you better believe it. Xbox's popular subscription service launched for the public in June 2017, which somehow is five years ago now! (We say somehow, that's just how time works...) Anyway, now that we've established that time...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Is Already Bossing Fall Guys With First Crown
Taking the win
After almost two years of waiting, Fall Guys finally hit Xbox platforms earlier this week. We've been playing it of course, and think it's a great addition to the Xbox free-to-play lineup. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has also jumped on, along with other Xbox execs, and it's safe to say he's bossing it so far. Xbox's Jeff...
News Phil Spencer Reacts As Xbox Is Praised For Being More Inclusive Than In The 2000s
"So much more for us to do"
Phil Spencer and a variety of other Xbox execs took to Twitter recently to respond to a comment from IGN's Rebekah Valentine, who spoke about how there's been a "massive, meaningful transformation" in the way Xbox has marketed itself to be a more inclusive brand over the years. Rebekah explained that when she was growing...
