As part of the Xbox 20th anniversary celebrations, Xbox leaders past and present sat down for a wide-ranging discussion about the past, present, and future of Xbox. Retired Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime hosts the discussion, which features Xbox pioneers and business heads Robbie Bach, Ed Fries, Peter Moore, …
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Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty has commented on the many changes to senior leaders on Halo Infinite’s development team, saying turnover is natural in a field like game development. He also suggested that some of the developers who left the team might have had a vision for Halo Infinite …
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Street Fighter’s most popular characters are crossing over with Ubisoft’s free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla. Ryu, Chun-Li, and Akuma from the Capcom series have arrived in Brawlhalla as part of the game’s latest “epic crossovers” event. In addition to the famous fighters, Brawlhalla has introduced a new mode called Street Brawl, …
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One of the biggest retailers in America, Target, has announced plans to keep its stores closed on Thanksgiving Day going forward. The store–like many others across the retail landscape–previously opened its doors to shoppers on the holiday itself ahead of Black Friday. Target CEO Brian Cornell said in an email …
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According to a noted insider, EA has rejected DICE’s pitch for a third Star Wars Battlefront game in a decision that reportedly came down to licensing costs. Tom Henderson spoke with a former developer who said Battlefront 3 was rejected because, under the terms of EA’s current licensing deal with …
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Battlefield 2042 has a “mostly negative” aggregate review score on Steam right now, with many calling out the DICE game for what they say is a lack of features and functionality, and its buggy nature. Of the more than 44,000 reviews for Battlefield 2042 on Steam, about 33,000 are “negative” …
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A new report from The Wall Street Journal says that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick informed staff recently that he would think about the possibility of stepping down if he is unable to fix the company’s workplace issues in a timely manner. This is according to comments he is said …
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Kojima Productions, the video game studio behind Death Stranding, has announced the formation of a new business division focused on film, TV, and music. The unit will be based in Los Angeles, and 28-year PlayStation veteran Riley Russell has been hired to lead the team. “The new division will be …
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Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 1 and the launch of Warzone Pacific have been delayed. Season 1 and Warzone Pacific will now go live on December 8–which is the day that Halo Infinite launches. Everyone who owns Vanguard will still get a 24-hour headstart to play …
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One of the storylines in the last seasons of the American version of The Office involved some relationship issues between Jim and Pam, and now it’s been revealed that the original plan was for Jim to cheat on Pam with Cathy. Jim (John Krasinski) and Cathy (Lindsey Broad) were going …
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