Newzoo analyzed the MAU of the main games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 over the past month. The report not only shows the popularity of projects like Fortnite and GTA V in different countries, but also gives an idea of Sony’s dominance in specific regions (especially on the example of Japan).Analysts say that this year the total revenue from games in the world will be $ 159.3 billion.

Only the day before yesterday, the presentation of the new part of Call of Duty ended, but the next day it became known that everything was not all right with the production of the game. Bloomberg has prepared material about unfair working conditions and unfair treatment of contractors in Activision for many years. The same thing happened with other publishers.

Neither Sony nor Microsoft are in a hurry to officially announce the cost of future consoles yet. But the American retailer Best Buy has already put a preliminary price tag on the PS 5 and the new Xbox. Judging by it, it won’t be cheap.

Epic Games got an ally in the conflict with Apple: Microsoft sided with the creators of Fortnite. The Xbox chapter requires Epic to retain access to Unreal Engine support tools in iOS and Mac.

The new flight simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator impressed the players with graphics and scale. The price is extremely high requirements for gaming hardware and peripherals. Therefore, analysts believe that the game will lead to an increase in their sales.

The launch of the Xbox Series X is scheduled for November, Microsoft first reported. At the same time, at the start, the next-generation console will remain without the main exclusive in the face of Halo Infinite, which unexpectedly moved next year.Despite the fact that Microsoft planned to release its next-generation console at the end of this year, even an approximate release window was not called until that moment.

The store will become much faster and safer. The beta version for Xbox Insider program participants will be available on August 5.

Negotiations with the parent company ByteDance should be completed by mid-September.Microsoft will return to negotiations with the Chinese company ByteDance on the purchase of TikTok in the United States.

Facebook Instagram will no longer advertise Microsoft products. The corporation has frozen advertising expenses in these services.

The subscription model is becoming increasingly important for Microsoft. It will determine the launch of the Xbox Series X, said Phil Spencer (Phil Spencer).

Sudden news. Microsoft has abandoned the development of its own stream platform. She closes Mixer. All partners and streamers of the platform are transferred to Facebook Gaming.

Another online event Inside Xbox took place today. On it, Microsoft “for the first time demonstrated the real gameplay of games” optimized for the Xbox Series X.

Project xCloud streaming service will be combined with Xbox Game Pass. According to the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, this will happen before the end of the year.

Microsoft reported for the 3rd quarter of fiscal year 2020. Its gaming division does not shine with success. Its quarterly revenue is $2.3 billion, but the growth rate is rather negative.

New details about the PlayStation 5 release were revealed by Bloomberg. According to him, the Sony console will be released on time, but in a limited edition. COVID-19 should be blamed for the latter.

One of the central Microsoft exclusives will receive a registration on Steam. This was reported in the official account of Sea of Thieves on Twitter.

Samsung and Xbox have entered into a partnership in the field of cloud gaming. The companies are working together on a kind of streaming solution.

Microsoft summed up the results of the second fiscal quarter. Her gaming business is not well. Sales of both devices and software have sunk.

In the USA, the PlayStation 4 has become the most popular console of the last decade. She topped the sales tops both in pieces and in money.