‘Rainbow Six’ developer plans to bring Ubisoft+ subscription service to Xbox
Ubisoft’s forthcoming Rainbow Six: Extraction pits crack military operatives against invasive alien not-zombies. (Ubisoft Image) The third-party development studio behind the Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy video…
Microsoft ends production of the Xbox One as focus turns to new consoles
The Xbox One, left, is officially out of production, as Microsoft focuses on its newest consoles, right. (Photo: Thomas Wilde) Microsoft has discontinued its Xbox One video…
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard will create a new gaming behemoth
Activision Blizzard will report to longtime Microsoft exec Phil Spencer as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft is aiming to vault itself into…
Xbox vet Ed Fries on blockchain, life as a venture capitalist and the run of extraordinary gaming deals
Ed Fries at the Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County Economic Forecast Conference. (GeekWire File Photo) Ed Fries is having a big week. His games-focused…
Microsoft brings Amazon’s Twitch back to the Xbox dashboard
(Xbox Image) Microsoft’s Xbox department announced on Wednesday that Xbox users can once again stream their gameplay directly from their consoles to Twitch. While a Twitch app…
Steve Ballmer offers a scorecard on Microsoft’s big acquisitions, and revisits his own legacy as CEO
Steve Ballmer remains Microsoft’s largest individual shareholder, eight years after stepping down as CEO. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is…
Microsoft debuts new cloud-based tools targeting indie game developers
Microsoft’s Game Stack products. Microsoft wants more indie game developers to use its cloud services with the debut of a new suite of cloud-based tools called ID@Azure….
Revamped ‘PlayStation Plus’ shows how Sony and Microsoft are no longer traditional competitors
(GeekWire File Photo) Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a single three-tiered option that’s…
Robbie Bach on 20 years of Xbox, the future of the U.S., and his new novel, ‘The Wilkes Insurrection’
Can you believe Xbox has been around for 20 years? Our guest on this week’s GeekWire Podcast, Robbie Bach, was there at the beginning, and led Microsoft’s…
Report: Microsoft exploring ways to bring ads to free-to-play Xbox games
(Xbox Photo) Microsoft is currently working on a method of bringing ads into various free-to-play games on the Xbox platform, according to a report from Business Insider….