ZeniMax
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The OpenAI Hype Cycle, Microsoft’s Game Pass Failure, Verizon’s Satellites
OpenAI’s DevDay evolution mirrors the hype cycle; Microsoft’s Game Pass price raise is an admission of failure; and Verizon decides it doesn’t want to be under the thumb of SpaceX.
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Consoles and Competition
Reviewing the history of video games explains why Sony is dominant today, and why Microsoft is actually introducing competition, not limiting it.
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Starfield, an Xbox Exclusive; Xbox Cloud Gaming; New Consumer Paradigms
Microsoft’s E3 announcement give more shape to its cloud gaming ambitions, and highlight how difficult new consumers paradigms are today.
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An Interview with Microsoft Executive Vice-President of Gaming Phil Spencer
How gaming has changed at Microsoft, Xbox’s strategy for the next generation, and what is going on with iOS
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Microsoft and ZeniMax, Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft and COVID
More on Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax and how it fits in with the company’s Xbox strategy, and then a review of the big themes from the company’s Ignite conference.
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2020 Bundles
The state of bundles in 2020: Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. Plus, Microsoft’s purchase of ZeniMax.