How game designers and marketers will exploit AI Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 13, 2017 22 min Games lead the way when it comes to exploiting new technologies, and that’s why we had a panel about games and artificial intelligence at... Continue Reading 22 min
Forza’s esports series with ESL will give out $150,000 in prizes Posted byby Mike Minotti October 28, 2016 1 min Microsoft has announced a second season of the Forza Racing Championship, a series of tournaments for its racing game series on Xbox One. The event... Continue Reading 1 min
Forza Horizon 3 is at its best when it lets your friends take the wheel Posted byby Jeff Grubb September 20, 2016 5 min Microsoft has found itself with one of the more unlikely annual-release franchises in Forza, and yet the publisher has also discovered a way to... Continue Reading 5 min
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on the importance of Halo 5 to the fate of the Xbox One Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 23, 2015 11 min Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Halo games since 2001. But sales of the Xbox One game console have a long way to... Continue Reading 11 min
Forza Motorsport 6 is the new king of console racing sims Posted byby Jeff Grubb September 16, 2015 4 min I’m not the world’s biggest car guy, but I love Forza. I enjoy driving my wife’s Prius, which I understand is something you’re not... Continue Reading 4 min
Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport 6 has you racing — and fishtailing — in realistic rain Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 4, 2015 1 min Some may scoff, but pulling off realistic rain is something no one has done yet in a racing sim. And it’s the latest feature... Continue Reading 1 min
E3 2015’s most memorable sights: bloody fountains, huge statues, and zombies Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes June 19, 2015 4 min A look at the elaborate displays and decorations from this year's tradeshow. Continue Reading 4 min
How HoloLens and backward compatibility fit into Xbox’s grand strategy Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 18, 2015 11 min Microsoft head of publishing Shannon Loftis answers post-event questions in a one-on-one at E3 2015. Continue Reading 11 min