#’Our Biggest Competition Isn’t Another Console’: Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock

#’Our Biggest Competition Isn’t Another Console’: Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock

‘Our Biggest Competition Isn’t Another Console’: Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock Image: Push Square By bringing its signature release Halo: Campaign Evolved to the PS5, Xbox has underlined once and for all that its business is going in a different direction. This was already evident from the success of ports like…

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#Remedy CEO Out in Aftermath of FBC: Firebreak Disaster

#Remedy CEO Out in Aftermath of FBC: Firebreak Disaster

Remedy CEO Out in Aftermath of FBC: Firebreak Disaster Image: Remedy Remedy CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down with immediate effect, as the Finnish studio deals with the fallout of its live service disaster. Last week the company revealed that it was effectively writing off the entire development budget of FBC: Firebreak, after the first-person…

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#’Told You So’: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox’s Activision Acquisition

#’Told You So’: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox’s Activision Acquisition

‘Told You So’: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox’s Activision Acquisition Everything that ex-FTC chair Lina Khan said would happen is happening. Those of you who followed the drama around Microsoft’s unprecedented near-$70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard will recall Khan was one of the few voices against the buyout….

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#Ubisoft and Tencent’s New Company Stewards Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today

#Ubisoft and Tencent’s New Company Stewards Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today

Ubisoft and Tencent’s New Company Stewards Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today Ubisoft’s joint venture with Tencent reportedly begins operations today, and its name is Vantage Studios. The company is a subsidiary of the European games publisher, and partially funded/owned by the Chinese conglomerate. According to VGC, Vantage Studios settled on its name by…

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