Microsoft’s Phil Spencer lays out a 20-year vision for games
Phil Spencer, CEO of games at Microsoft, said in a video that in the wake of its 20th anniversary the Xbox team is envisioning...
The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses
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...
Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards
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...
Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft
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...
Lego delaying Overwatch 2 set because of Activision workplace culture
Lego has delayed the release of the upcoming Overwatch 2 themed set to review their partnership with Activision Blizzard. The set had a scheduled...
Xbox boss wants the games industry to embrace ‘legal emulation’
Like any creative medium, video game developers rely on a certain amount of riffing on other people’s ideas. But in order to evolve an...
Todd Howard: Elder Scrolls VI ‘has got to be a decade game’
Xbox boss Phil Spencer and others from Microsoft sat down with GQ Magazine to talk about Xbox ahead of the 20th anniversary of Microsoft’s...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Why Microsoft is all-in on gaming
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked with Xbox game leader Phil Spencer about why Microsoft is all-in when it comes to gaming. The hour-long business...
Xbox boss Phil Spencer explains how he had to change to do his job
One of the recent defining characteristics of Xbox as a brand is a sense that the company is listening. That is something that fans...
The DeanBeat: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer joins our most diverse GamesBeat Summit event
Black Lives Matter. Border trouble. Anti-Asian hate. Trans athlete sports bans. Sexual harassment. Suicides and the pandemic. These racial, cultural, and social issues are...