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Halo TV series pushed to 2021
Production on Showtime adaptation begins later this year with Natascha McElhone and Bokeem Woodbine among announced cast
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Ninja departs Twitch for Mixer exclusivity deal
Twitch's most popular streamer moves to Microsoft's smaller, growing platform
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Microsoft: Cloud partnership "all driven by Sony"
The deal means Microsoft is "dependent" on Sony's success, according to CEO Satya Nadella
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Whoever wins the console wars of tomorrow, Microsoft will profit | Opinion
Satya Nadella sees a future where every game “platform” will ultimately run on Azure's infrastructure
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Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI
Group commits to using Azure as exclusive cloud provider in its pursuit of artificial general intelligence
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Satya Nadella: Microsoft is "well positioned" to expand beyond traditional gaming
CEO says investments in cloud technology will benefit Xbox as well as company's other divisions
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Microsoft hardware revenue dips 48% YOY for fourth quarter
Xbox Live reaches 65 million MAUs as subscriptions offset hardware and software declines
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Microsoft to close Remix 3D asset sharing platform
Remix 3D's final day will be January 10, 2010
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Microsoft and Sony reportedly scaling back console production in China
President Trump's trade war causing further disruption in tech sector manufacturing
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Age of Empires series still attracts more than a million players each month
"And the numbers keep going up," almost 15 years after the last full game
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Which gaming hardware manufacturers may have funded human rights abuses in 2018?
Apple and Facebook still best gaming companies for ethical sourcing; Sony continues to lag; Valve says nothing
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Microsoft reportedly cuts internal content teams at Inside Xbox and Mixer
UPDATE: Platform holder tells GamesIndustry.biz a limited number of vendors were affected by re-evaluation of business unit
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Next-gen expectations overshadowed E3 | Opinion
Rather than being a final hurrah for the current generation, E3 highlighted expectations that most upcoming titles will bridge next year's hardware transition
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Phil Spencer: "It would be nice to buy a Japanese studio"
The head of Xbox on Game Pass, the impact of streaming, and why he's not afraid of Google
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Microsoft to host X019 in London this November
More information on Xbox fan event will be announced at Gamescom
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Phil Spencer on Project Scarlett: "We want to be compatible across all generations"
Xbox head nods toward backward compatibility on next-gen console with emphasis on Xbox Live
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Xbox's Phil Spencer: Our next console will have a disc drive
Microsoft gaming boss says that millions of people still love physical
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Xbox closes E3 2019 conference with Project Scarlett, coming Holiday 2020
Hardware details, plus every major announcement from the platform holder's press conference
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Microsoft will launch new Xbox console next year
Halo Infinite will be a launch title for the new hardware, codenamed Project Scarlett
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Xbox Game Pass PC launches today
UPDATE: PC version of Game Pass added to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
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Sony: There is "no scenario where the PlayStation and Xbox platforms combine"
PlayStation's Jim Ryan insists that Sony's new partnership with Microsoft will only go so far
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Microsoft to launch Xbox Game Pass on PC
Custom version of the service will have 100+ games, including day-and-date launches of first-party titles
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Gears 5 to launch on Steam as Xbox opens up to other PC stores
Xbox Game Studios titles will now launch on multiple PC stores to provide, "choice in where you buy your PC games"
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GitHub starts Patreon-like Sponsors initiative
Account holders on the Microsoft-owned platform can now become monthly sponsors of open source projects
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Xbox: “We have a huge responsibility to a healthy gaming lifestyle”
The platform holder discusses addiction, aggressive monetisation and its role in protecting gamers