You will have to fork out a lot for the expansion of the Game Pass library. Microsoft management came to such conclusions, according to a leaked internal correspondence that appeared on the website of the District Court of Northern California.

Sales of game consoles in Russia are on the rise. In a comment to the Izvestia newspaper, Russian retailers reported that PlayStation and Xbox consoles sold significantly better this August than in August 2022.

In the GameDiscoverCo newsletter, Simon Carless also listed games on PlayStation and Xbox consoles that had the largest daily active audience (DAU) as of August 11. Here are these lists.

The dark adventure game INSIDE could have become a temporary PlayStation exclusive if Phil Spencer hadn’t intervened. This was told by the former CEO of the Playdead studio, Dino Patti, as part of the Arkaden podcast.

Microsoft has published a report for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on June 30. According to analysts, this period was the second best fourth quarter for the gaming division of the corporation.

During the BIG Festival in Brazil, Microsoft revealed the sales of its consoles. She reported that she had sold over 21 million copies of the Xbox Series X|S.

Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle a lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lawsuit concerned the violation of the privacy of children in the Xbox ecosystem.

In the first quarter, Russians bought game consoles much more actively than in January-March 2022. According to retailers’ estimates, demand has doubled over the year.

Gaming expert Simon Carless (Simon Carless) in the newsletter of the GameDiscoverCo portal told how the audience of PlayStation, Xbox and Steam was distributed across different countries. In all cases, Russia was at least in the top 15.

Microsoft reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on March 31. According to a number of indicators, it became a record for the gaming division.

Owners of Xbox consoles from Russia can no longer apply for warranty repairs directly to Microsoft. The Izvestia newspaper, with reference to the technical support of the corporation, reported that Microsoft had stopped warranty service in the country “due to the current situation.”

Microsoft has been trying for several years to reduce its negative impact on the climate. Now she has announced a new initiative. At the GDC 2023 conference, Microsoft presented a set of tools for eco—friendly game development – the Xbox Developer Sustainability ToolKit.

Microsoft has celebrated the 10th anniversary of the ID@Xbox program. In honor of this, she shared a number of numbers.

The head of Microsoft‘s gaming division in an interview with the Financial Times said that the corporation could open an Xbox store for mobile devices as early as next year. This will happen if regulators approve the purchase of Activision Blizzard.

The head of Microsoft‘s gaming division gave an interview to the Xbox On channel. During the conversation, Phil Spencer touched upon, among other things, the topic of artificial intelligence and video games.

The corporation told about this in the report for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 (October-December 2022).

On January 18, Microsoft confirmed that it would lay off 10,000 people. As it became known to the media, among others, developers from Bethesda, 343 Industries and The Coalition were reduced.

The company confirmed in a comment to IGN that from the beginning of next year it plans to raise the cost of its main titles for the Xbox Series X/S.

This was stated by the head of Xbox in the framework of the Decoder podcast. He did not name the approximate period for which Call of Duty may linger on Sony consoles, but noted that it is a bit silly to expect Microsoft to sign a contract with the word “forever”.