Microsoft has made the monumental act of buying one of the largest companies in the gaming industry. What will they do next?
Bungie veteran and current CTO, Luis Villegas, has left the company after fourteen years and has joined Sony PlayStation as its new Head of Technology.
"I feel incredibly lucky because as part of my new role I get to still work closely with my Bungie family."
New role and more pay and still can work closely with Bungie
Shaz from GL writes: "AMD could spur the beginning of a new era in handheld gaming with their upcoming APUs"
To me the most important hardware is the battery. Doesn’t matter how powerful the chips are.
There’s no way you’re getting that 40CU 16-core APU in a handheld. That’s too hot and power hungry for that. The highest end APU they’re suggesting is going to end up in gaming laptops that can cool a 100W chip.
I think these articles get things a little out of perspective, Steam Deck has sold around 3 million and Switch has sold 140 million. But if you are browsing certain parts internet you'd think the Steam Deck had sold over 100 million. If articles are going to continue to circulate like this and continue to put the Steam Deck in the same arena then I'm comfortable calling the device a flop.
sure but theres still a limit to what u can put in there ha. power consumption would be the biggest hurdle. and cooling.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
What it means is that they will need to recoup more money than they made in 4 generations of being in the industry.
you can know play call of duty for free
It means that my GP sub has even more value and that’s a fact.
Go 3rd party they need to recoup all that money and game pass is not the way when they can't even outsell the switch
Absolutely jack. Despite the widely publicized buyout (they actually put up billboards and highway advertising for this) their sales have nosedived even further. Heck even with the massive discount this past month and retailers discounts throughout the year they are sitting on store shelves.
If anything the acquisition is their preparation for a third party publisher role. Windows Central has an article highlighting that they investigating bring 1st party games to other consoles. So wheres theres smoke theres fire especially if its coming from pro MS outlets