Phil Spencer shared his vision of the development of the gaming industry. The head of Xbox spoke about the senselessness of console wars, the importance of user content and lowering the threshold for entering gaming. He also explained how Microsoft intends to make video games accessible to all people in the world.Phil Spencer, photo: eVRydayVR

Xbox Game Studios and TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, have announced their first joint project. They will develop a mobile version of Age of Empires. According to analysts, such a partnership will help Xbox strengthen in the Asian market and attract a new audience to its “big” franchises

At the end of June, Unity updated the licensing rules for its engine without public announcements. The changes affected the developers of games for closed platforms. Now it will be impossible to create projects for Xbox without a Pro subscription.The rules came into force on June 30.

Shawn Layden, a gaming consultant and former boss of PlayStation Studios, expressed his opinion about the problems of the gaming industry. He fears that consolidation could lead to stagnation of the industry. Leyden also doubts the effectiveness of the Xbox Game Pass model and believes that gaming is on the threshold of a new era.Sean Layden

Microsoft reported for the fourth fiscal quarter (ended June 30). The revenue of its gaming division reached $3.6 billion. An important role in this was played by the Xbox Series X and S, which turned out to be the fastest-selling consoles in the company’s history.

Microsoft has decided to share its game development kit. The company published it for free on GitHub, but with the condition that you can use it without a license only for studying.

Microsoft has released an update for Xbox Family Settings, an application that manages children’s accounts on Xbox consoles. Now parents can set a limit on purchases in games or even ban them altogether.

Not all gamers reacted positively to the news about the partnership between Microsoft and Hideo Kojima. Some PlayStation fans don‘t want to see a new game by a Japanese game designer on Xbox. They even called his actions “betrayal.” Now users have created a petition demanding to cancel a possible cloud project.The corresponding petition appeared on the website Change.org , which drew the attention of users of gaming forums.

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said that a joint show with Bethesda at E3 broke records for views from his company. He thanked for a great week and noted that Microsoft has not felt so much energy and inspiration from players and teams since the Xbox 360.

Yesterday, June 13, Microsoft and Square Enix held their conferences as part of E3 2021. We understand how the stock market and the gaming community reacted to them.

The CEO of Microsoft believes that over time, gaming stores will have to reduce the size of the commission. But not on consoles. He explains his position by the fierce competition on the PC and in mobile against the background of loss-making consoles.

Xbox Game Studios will now work closely with the Chinese TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent and the developers of Honor of Kings and Call of Duty: Mobile. We are talking about creating game content, but both companies have not yet disclosed the details of the partnership.This became known today from the official press release.

Yesterday, Lori Wright, vice president of Xbox, appeared as a witness in the trial of Epic Games and Apple. She revealed several details from the business model of Microsoft‘s gaming division and stated that the company has never really made a profit from the sale of consoles.

Microsoft has published a report for the third fiscal quarter (ended March 31). The company is seeing growth in all directions. The period was particularly successful for the gaming industry: its revenue exceeded $ 3.5 billion, and console sales jumped by 232%.Key data for the quarter

Microsoft summed up the results of the second fiscal quarter (October-December 2020), noting growth in many indicators. The gaming division of the company was particularly successful — its revenue exceeded $5 billion for the first time.

After Microsoft bought ZeniMax Media, the question seemed to hang in the air: what will happen to the games of the acquired company on third-party consoles? There are still no specifics, but one thing is already clear — at least Bethesda projects will appear on other platforms.

The Grounded survival simulator has a new achievement — 5 million people entered the game in a little more than three months. At the same time, Obsidian Entertainment released the largest update for the title. Now players will be able to fight for life in a pond with koi carp.

A drama is unfolding in the Japanese market. Sony is unhappy with PS4 sales in Japan and is focusing on the American market. At the same time, Microsoft is interested in local development studios and plans to make Xbox the second console in the market of the “land of the rising sun”.

On September 30, Microsoft successfully closed the first fiscal quarter of 2021. The revenue of the gaming segment alone turned out to be better than ever before in the history of the company’s first quarters.