Tagged Xbox

May 11, 2022

Xbox has been suffering server issues for almost a week, preventing games from being launched thanks to online DRM checks failing. Source: Fable (TBA), Xbox Game Studios RELATED: EA, Gearbox, And Microso...

Rumor: Microsoft Working On Adding In-Game Adverts To Free-To-Play Xbox Titles

April 21, 2022

A new report claims Microsoft is working to build an in-game advertising network for free-to-play games on Xbox consoles. Source: Ori and the Blind Forest (2015), Microsoft Studios RELATED: GOG, Microsof...

Xbox Head Phil Spencer Says Xbox Is “Not a Free Speech Platform,” Proposes Cross-Console Bans To Combat Toxicity

January 12, 2022

Declaring that the console and its online services were "not a free speech platform," Xbox head Phil Spencer has revealed his wish for an industry-wide mechanism where players banned from one video game service...

Xbox Co-Creator Says Online Toxicity “Needs To Be Highlighted And Stopped,” Proposes Racist And Sexist Policy In Wake Of Streamer Grenade Queen’s Halo Drama

December 22, 2021

Following an incident of trash talking between Twitch affiliate Grenade Queen and a number of random Halo Infinite players, Xbox co-creator Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley has declared that such toxicity - though, u...

Xbox Execs Admit Mismanagement Of Fable Developer Lionhead Studios Was One Of Their “Biggest Missteps”

December 15, 2021

Microsoft Xbox executives past and present have admitted that the way they handled Lionhead Studios - the Peter Molyneux-founded studio best known for the Black & White and Fable franchises - was one of the...

Xbox Hosts Q&A With The CDC To Promote COVID-19 Vaccinations

September 10, 2021

In the hopes of encouraging skeptical members of their player base to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Microsoft and Xbox recently held an online Q&A session with the Center for Disease Control aimed at dis...

Xbox Head Phil Spencer Discusses Current Company Focus on Black Leaders: “We Need A More Diverse Team”

November 4, 2020

In a recent interview, Xbox head and Microsoft Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer discussed the new focus the company is placing on developing black leaders and stated that it was being done in an effort to pr...

Kotaku Blames “The Underlying Current of Bigotry” Among Gamers As Cause For Recent Departure Of Xbox Brazil Host

October 23, 2020

Kotaku has claimed that an “underlying current of bigotry” within video game culture is partially to blame for the abrupt and controversial firing of Xbox Brazil video host Isadora Basile. Related: K...

Rumor: Title for New Next-Gen Batman Game Possibly Revealed

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July 25, 2020