Gamescom, which will kick off on August 13th, is getting closer, while Tokyo Game Show is just a couple months away and Microsoft's Xbox division head honcho Phil Spencer answered a few questions from the fans on the topic.
Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.
They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move
Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long
I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.
“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”
1 hour later.
“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”
Fallout 76 players have dropped the big one on Phil Spencer in response to Xbox's closures of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks this week.
He said he treated the Xbox executive like the RPG's final boss
Somewhat fitting, Considering buying Bethesda was a complete selfish purchasing decision by himself just because he is a big Fallout fan he wanted to own the toy. Well quite frankly Microsoft should look at that and say you put your personal tastes in front of the business and it has backfired.
Todd Howard out hustled Phil. Howard is definitely in the top 3 all time hustlers in video game history.
Phil's game character properly looks like a villain too.
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I'm stoked for this gamescon this year:)
Can't wait to see QB in action glad to hear Rares hard at work on their new project.
Phil teased some more possible new game announcements.
It all sounds great.
"Giving Spark Community the Conker game assets doesn’t keep us from doing other things with Conker."
Still, bit @$$ backward offering Conker as "promo" material, then announcing a full game a year or two later. Something like that should be side-by-side.
Rare could possibly be anouncing a new Banjo or Conker game. I'm excited!
I want to see Quantum ! One of my most anticipated for 2015.