Microsoft legal filing supports Unreal Engine’s continued access to Apple tools
Microsoft filed a legal document today backing Epic Games’ request to prevent Apple from cutting off support for its Unreal Engine game development toolset....
PlayStation led game industry TV ad impressions again, but Nintendo nips at its heels
Spending on game ads are flat despite the U.S. consumers continuing to face stay-at-home orders during the pandemic and the return of baseball, basketball,...
How Xbox Game Pass is giving fans the first Battletoads in 26 years
Developers Rare and Dlala Studios just released Battletoads for PC and Xbox. This is the latest entry in the classic beat-’em-up series, but it’s...
Microsoft Flight Simulator could push PC-hardware spending to $2.6 billion
Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the games that could push people to spend even more money upgrading their PC rigs. Market-intelligence firm Jon...
Microsoft Flight Simulator review — Born to fly
I haven’t flown on a plane in more than a year. This is the longest stretch I’ve gone without air travel since 2012, but...
How ID@Xbox has helped indie devs generate $1.5 billion in revenue
On this week’s episode of How Games Make Money, ID@Xbox director Chris Charla joins host Jeff Grubb to talk about publishing indie games. ID@Xbox...
Xbox boss on the physics of the PlayStation 5’s design
When designing the look of a video game console, engineers must account for a number of important variables. Chief among these is heat, and...
Halo: Infinite delayed into 2021 — Xbox Series X still launching in November
Microsoft is putting Halo: Infinite back into the oven. The publisher announced today that it is pushing the next Halo game into 2021 so...
Apple’s EU antitrust case targets App Store limits on Microsoft and Facebook gaming apps
(Reuters) – Facebook and Microsoft’s grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple’s App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the...
Why the Xbox Series S is such a smart move by Microsoft
The Xbox Series S is inevitable at this point. Over the weekend, people began discovering retail versions of the updated Xbox controller for Xbox...