Podcast | Episode 15 Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours | Week in Mobile Games podcast
May 18, 2024 Podcast | Episode 12 Xbox's mobile games store and Unity vs. AppLovin | Week in Mobile Games podcast The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 12…
May 16, 2024 Mobile Mavens Mobile Mavens: Can Xbox's mobile games store succeed? We ask industry experts for their thoughts on Microsoft's upcoming marketplace that aims to compete with Apple and Google
May 11, 2024 Podcast | Episode 11 Xbox in turmoil, Krafton champions AI development, and Apple's iPad challenge | Week in Mobile Games podcast The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 11…
May 10, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Xbox's mobile games store is doomed to fail, Sonic meets the Angry Birds, and Apple's iPad problem The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
May 10, 2024 Xbox Mobile Xbox mobile games store launches on web in July New marketplace to launch with Microsoft's own-IP first, including Candy Crush Saga and Minecraft
December 6, 2023 New Competition Microsoft accelerates plans for Xbox mobile marketplace launch “This move is part of a broader strategy to extend the joy and community of Xbox gaming beyond consoles, bringing it into the mobile world," claims Montgomery Singman
September 22, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news including internal leaks on the future of Xbox, Brawl Stars success, the expansion of Pokémon Go and more
March 1, 2023 Phil Spencer Interview Xbox's Phil Spencer talks Microsoft's moves on mobile, plus Activision Blizzard and AI “What we realised, and it’s painfully obvious, is that we don’t really have any capability on mobile”
February 16, 2023 Gaming In India Xbox aiming to bridge the mobile-console gap in India Microsoft’s gaming arm is hoping to capitalise on both India’s thriving mobile industry and nascent console scene
October 13, 2022 Subscription Spending Xbox Game Pass earned almost $3 billion revenue on consoles in 2021 Service more than doubled Nintendo’s subscription earnings for the same period
March 4, 2022 Partnership Pact Infinity Games and Nerd Monkeys partner to port more games From mobile to Xbox and Switch
August 11, 2021 Representation Microsoft joins Take-Two as a Gerald A. Lawson Fund contributor Looks to increase support for Black and indigenous students in the games industry
May 17, 2021 Mystery Box Microsoft partners with Call of Duty: Mobile developer Timi Studios on mysterious project Is another Xbox franchise mobile-bound?
March 10, 2021 New Horizons Former EA Mobile director, Forza exec and Destiny 2 project lead Carlos Sanchez joins Riot Games Sanchez will act as senior director of game operations
February 12, 2021 Pgc Digital PGC Digital: "Gamers with disabilities have extra challenges on top of what you have already built" Microsoft is set to re-launch its new Xbox Accessibility Guidelines on February 16th
January 22, 2021 Master The Meta Master the Meta: The future of gaming subscriptions The MTM team digs into how the business of subscriptions may evolve in a digital world
September 28, 2020 Mobile Play Microsoft is launching a new Xbox app with remote play on iOS Already available on Android
September 10, 2020 A Real High-class Bout From Xbox and Nintendo to Tesla and Netflix: Studio MDHR COO Maja Moldenhauer on the ever-lasting success of Cuphead "There is a huge appetite out there for traditional 2D animation"
July 7, 2020 Possible Acquisition Report: Xbox is interested in buying Warner Bros' games division Microsoft joins Activision Blizzard, EA, and Take-Two in its interest for WBIE
March 5, 2020 New Behaviour Behaviour Interactive names former Microsoft director David Reid as chief marketing officer "The company has a tremendous pedigree built on decades of success"
February 12, 2020 Project Xcloud Microsoft and Samsung team up for "cloud-based game streaming" Forza Street simultaneously announced for Galaxy devices
November 15, 2019 Xbox Game Pass Microsoft adds 50 more games to Project xCloud Available now in Japan, Canada and India
July 31, 2019 Job News Xbox co-creator Nat Brown joins Apple “I’m looking forward to continuing to work on my obsessions by focusing on all applications of graphics”
June 9, 2019 Next-gen Xbox E3 2019: Microsoft unveils next generation Xbox console Project Scarlett "When we think about the future of gaming, it's not just PC, it's not just console, it's not just mobile, it's really all of the above"
June 9, 2019 Xbox At E3 E3 2019: Microsoft acquires Psychonauts 2 dev Double fine Developer joins growing number of in-house studios
June 3, 2019 Apple Arcade Controllers Apple Arcade gets Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controller support Subscription games service to launch later this year
April 25, 2019 $$$ Xbox Live monthly active users dropped to 63m in last financial quarter Revenue up five per cent for Microsoft's games business
April 12, 2019 Stadia Versus Xbox Microsoft: Google has technology and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed Xbox marketing boss Nichols is first Big M exec to weigh in on the platform
March 14, 2019 Stacked Up Xbox Live comes to iOS and Android as Microsoft brings tools and services under Game Stack banner PlayFab, DirectX, Azure, Simplygon, Mixer, Havok and more get brought closer together
March 13, 2019 Xbox On The Go Microsoft’s xCloud streaming service lets you play Xbox One games on your smartphone Public trials will begin this year
February 6, 2019 Change Of Name Microsoft Studios renames to Xbox Game Studios "2019 is going to be a great year for Xbox gamers everywhere"
February 5, 2019 Cross-platform Xbox Microsoft readying SDK for Xbox Live cross-play on mobile and Nintendo Switch In part thanks to the Big M's acquisition of PlayFab in January 2018
September 26, 2018 Cross-platform Royale Sony relents to enable PS4 cross-play with rival platforms Starting with an open beta for Fortnite players
June 22, 2018 Beef Nintendo and Microsoft dunk Sony on Twitter over Minecraft cross-play Sony’s cross-play policy has been under public scrutiny since Fortnite launched on Switch
June 15, 2018 Storm Closing In Nintendo and Xbox go on the attack as Sony flounders on Fortnite cross-play controversy Crackdown on cross-platform play continues to rile up players
June 10, 2018 Xbox Mobile Microsoft building Xbox streaming service to bring console games to any device Looks like Xbox games could be coming to mobile
December 23, 2014 Virtual Reality Microsoft enters the virtual reality gaming race with Xbox One VR Reportedly prepping its own headset