Categories Posted inin DevelopmentGameplay Forza Horizon 6 takes you on a ride through the beauty of Japan | preview Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2026 3 min Forza Horizon 6 took me on a journey that I don’t expect to do in real life. It let me drive through Japan. I’ve... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Microsoft’s trust and safety head on why the space is worth investing in | BOSS Mode with Kim Kunes Posted byby Rachel Kaser April 2, 2026 8 min One of the best things about gaming is how many people you can meet and interact with — with billions of people around the... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Cofounder Brian Raffel retires from Call of Duty studio Raven Software Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 2, 2026 2 min After more than 36 years at the helm of Raven Software, cofounder Brian Raffel has decided to shift into retirement. His team worked on... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Why King is leaning into qualitative data to inform Candy Crush’s live service evolution Posted byby Alexander Lee March 24, 2026 3 min King doesn’t just want players to keep coming back to Candy Crush — it wants to know why they keep coming back. Candy Crush has... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Xbox future reveal impressions — dev kits going out in 2027 Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 11, 2026 3 min Jason Ronald, vice president of next generation at Xbox, gave a talk at GDC Festival of Gaming, and he said dev kits for Project... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Minecraft creators want to do more brand integrations in 2026 Posted byby Alexander Lee February 26, 2026 3 min As brands and advertisers warm up to virtual worlds, Minecraft creators are feeling left out. In recent years, brands have become an increasingly integral... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment For the new Xbox CEO, listening is good | Peter Moore interview Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2026 15 min Microsoft made a much-discussed move last week to appoint a 36-year-old non-game executive, Asha Sharma, to be the new head of Xbox. It sounded... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Ex-Microsoft games leader not worried new Xbox CEO has no games experience | Ed Fries exclusive interview Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2026 14 min After renegades like Seamus Blackley pitched the Xbox to Microsoft, it was up to Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Game Studios, to build... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment What an Xbox founder thinks of the new Xbox CEO | Seamus Blackley interview Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 23, 2026 17 min Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started, before it became a corporate thing endorsed by Bill Gates and Steve... Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Sarah Bond bids farewell to Xbox colleagues Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2026 4 min Sarah Bond resigned as president and COO of Xbox on Friday alongside the announcement of the retirement of Xbox CEO Phil Spencer. She had... Continue Reading 4 min