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Microsoft has quietly established a new Age of Empires studio
Microsoft's acquisition of Double Fine might've stolen the spotlight at the company's E3 press conference, but the U.S. console maker has also formed another new studio on the quiet.
June 10, 2019
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Microsoft announces PC Game Pass pricing, adds to Ultimate bundle
Microsoft is pricing its standalone PC Game Pass at $10 per month, and adding it to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bundle for free.
June 9, 2019
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Microsoft xCloud console streaming service goes live in October
Phil Spencer announced on the Xbox Stage today that Project xCloud, the company's console-streaming service, would go live this October.
June 9, 2019
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Microsoft picks up Psychonauts 2 publishing rights from Starbreeze
Now-former Psychonauts 2 publisher Starbreeze has announced that it sold the game's publishing rights to Microsoft for $13.2 million.
June 9, 2019
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Xbox One successor Project Scarlett slated for Holiday 2020
Microsoft has finally detailed its next-generation console Project Scarlett, a system Microsoft CEO Phil Spencer says is both the “foundation of our future on in console and the formation of our future in cloud.”
June 9, 2019
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Bethesda unveils Orion to offer engine-level enhancements for streaming games
Bethesda and id Software have announced Orion, an engine and platform agnostic collection of software technologies aimed at boosting the performance of games played through a streaming service.
June 9, 2019
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Microsoft acquires Double Fine Productions
Microsoft has acquired Double Fine Productions, the San Francisco-based studio known for games including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and Broken Age, among others.
June 9, 2019
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Sony trialing new PlayStation voice chat transcription feature
Sony is looking to make PlayStation voice chat more accessible with the addition of a new chat transcription feature.
June 7, 2019
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Sony chief: 'There's no scenario where the PlayStation and Xbox platforms combine'
Sony and Microsoft have no intention of merging the worlds of PlayStation and Xbox, despite the two companies having recently joined forces to explore the world of cloud streaming and AI.
June 7, 2019
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Stadia 'Founder's Edition' launches in November, base version in 2020
Google has finally offered more details on the Stadia game streaming service it announced earlier this year, shedding light on pricing details and the platform’s game offerings in a pre-E3 stream today.
June 6, 2019
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Divinity: Original Sin developer Larian Studios is behind Baldur's Gate 3
Larian Studios is picking up the franchise nearly 20 years after BioWare delivered Baldur’s Gate 2.
June 6, 2019
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Destiny goes free-to-play as Destiny 2: New Light
New Light aims to entice new players by offering an appealing place to start playing Destiny 2 without needing to play a pricey game of catch-up.
June 6, 2019