Phil Spencer Archives

Double Fine Productions is making Keeper.

Psychonauts maker Double Fine reveals Keeper for October 2025

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 8, 2025
1 min

Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions announced Keeper, a new adventure game coming October 17, 2025. The trailer starts in a dilapidated world with a...

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS 5 on April 17.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hits PS5 on April 17

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 24, 2025
2 min

Microsoft’s big Xbox hit, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, debuts on Sony’s PlayStation 5 on April 17. It’s part of Microsoft gaming chief...

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Judge denies injunction in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
July 11, 2023
2 min

A judge has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s pending merger. While the FTC...

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Phil Spencer is CEO of Microsoft Gaming.

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer lays out a 20-year vision for games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 9, 2022
6 min

Phil Spencer, CEO of games at Microsoft, said in a video that in the wake of its 20th anniversary the Xbox team is envisioning...

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Mark Zuckerberg said games will be popular in the metaverse.

The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 4, 2022
4 min

Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions...

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Phil Spencer is head of gaming at Microsoft.

Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2022
3 min

Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is getting into gaming’s hall of fame. Spencer will be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award...

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Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 18, 2022
8 min

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard announced the biggest deal in gaming history today with Microsoft’s $68.7 billion cash offer to buy the decades-old independent game...