After its acquisition binge, Microsoft is transferring on from its feeding frenzy and getting on to digestion. The corporate is now starting to indicate off the video games that it's making and launching.
“We're shifting from progress and acquisitions to execution and supply,” stated Xbox Recreation Studios head Matt Booty in the present day through the X019 event in London.
Occasions like this one are vital for the platform house owners to flex and crow about their progress in beating up the opposite platforms. Or possibly simply exhibiting that they're nonetheless aggressive relative to rivals. This implies exhibiting off unique video games and in addition asserting partnerships with third-party builders and publishers that can get avid gamers excited.
Microsoft introduced brand-new mental properties, together with West of Lifeless, Obsidian’s Grounded, Rare’s Everwild, and Dontnod’s Tell Me Why. It additionally had updates on 11 video games like Rust, Kart Rider Drift, Bleeding Edge (coming March 24, 2020), and others. Microsoft didn’t have launch dates for most of the titles, however it’s good to see the video games being introduced.
A few years in the past, Microsoft went on an acquisition spree. In 2018, it acquired Compulsion Video games (We Joyful Few), InXile Leisure (Wasteland), Ninja Concept (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice), Obsidian Leisure (The Outer Worlds), and Playground Video games (Forza Horizon). And in 2019, it purchased Double Wonderful Productions (Psychonauts). Microsoft additionally began The Initiative, a brand new studio in Santa Monica, California.
Microsoft additionally flexed some muscle by bringing companions onstage. Digital Arts chief know-how officer Ken Moss introduced that EA’s Madden NFL 20 recreation is out there in the present day on Microsoft’s Project xCloud, a brand new recreation streaming service that's presently in beta testing.