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Matt Booty outlines the division’s future goals at the latest town hall.Just a day after Xbox announced the closure of four studios including the Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, it’s apparently touched on the importance of “smaller games” during its latest town hall meeting.According to “internal remarks” shared with The Verge, Xbox Game Studios head … Read more

Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge. For … Read more

Closing in on four years since Microsoft’s Perfect Dark reboot was announced, and a year since it was reported that “little meaningful progress” had been made on the project since its unveiling, it’s now being claimed the reboot remains in “a very rough state”. That’s according to journalist Jeff Grubb who, while discussing Xbox’s surprise … Read more

“Tango was in the process of pitching a sequel”.Sorry to add to the pain of this week’s news, but for those who are big fans of the great Xbox first-party title Hi-Fi RUSH, you’ll be sad to know that Tango Gameworks was seemingly trying to get a sequel greenlit prior to the studio’s closure.This is … Read more

Arkane Austin is now closed.Tucked into tonight’s fresh report on the inner turmoil happening at Xbox right now, Bloomberg has dropped a tidbit of information on what Arkane Austin might have done next – had the studio not been shuttered by Microsoft.According to the report, Arkane’s Austin team was “looking to return to its roots” … Read more

Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks were reportedly in the process of pitching sequels to two much-loved titles – namely Hi-Fi Rush 2 and a potential new Dishonored game – when Microsoft made the shock decision to close the studios, and more Xbox cuts are said to be on the way. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Jason … Read more

Multiple options are seemingly on the table.Just when we thought the slew of megaton Xbox news was starting to die down, multiple new reports hit the web, including one from The Verge that talks about Microsoft’s internal struggles regarding its Game Pass subscription.According to the tech outlet, Microsoft has considered raising the price of Xbox … Read more

More Grand Theft Auto 6 news may be on the horizon, as a recent update to the Rockstar Games website has sent fans into a frenzy.

“A widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished”.The bad news keeps on coming for Xbox this week, as Bloomberg is reporting that following the four studio closures that were mentioned on Tuesday, there are apparently plans for more job cuts in the seemingly near future.As described by the outlet, Xbox has apparently been offering “voluntary … Read more