News Apr 17th, 2025

Kingsley: Game Pass helped mitigate risk on new IP Atomfall

The exec also explains its approach to budgeting projects

• game pass
• xbox game pass
• atomfall

News Feb 1st, 2024

Palworld hits 19m players

12 million copies sold on Steam, seven million players on Xbox

• sales data
• game pass
• palworld

News Oct 25th, 2023

Starfield helps Xbox beat revenue expectations

Microsoft's games division saw a nine per cent increase year-on-year

• Financials
• game pass
• starfield
• xbox
• xbox game pass

News Oct 11th, 2022

Xbox Game Pass generated over $2.9bn during 2021

The service boasts 25 million subscribers

• Revenue
• game pass
• subscription

News Jun 7th, 2022

Two Point Hospital has hit 5m players

This is in part thanks to its popularity on Game Pass

• sales data
• game pass
• xbox game pass
• two point hospital

News Jan 19th, 2022

Xbox Game Pass now has 25m subscribers

Service has attracted seven million users in the last 12 months

• game pass
• subscription service
• xbox game pass

News Nov 16th, 2021

Spencer insists that Xbox Game Pass is "sustainable"

Exec shoots down criticisms that Microsoft is burning through cash in the hope of a future pay-off

• game pass
• subscription service
• xbox game pass

News Mar 12th, 2021

Microsoft's Bethesda acquisition was about exclusives for Game Pass

$7.5 billion deal closed earlier this week

• Acquisition
• deal
• game pass
• subscription service
• xbox game pass

News Nov 17th, 2020

Microsoft says Bethesda games will be "first or better" on Xbox platforms

CFO Stuart says plan isn't to restrict future titles to its own ecosystem

• Acquisition
• game pass
• M&A
• content
• xbox game pass
• studios

News Nov 5th, 2020

Xbox downplays "Netflix of games" comparisons

Microsoft says that it thinks about its Game Pass service differently to other subscription services

• game pass
• subscription service
• xbox game pass

News Jan 6th, 2020

Microsoft says that Xbox Game Pass is here to stay

"This is a service that our members can count on being on whatever products we introduce in the future"

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• subscription service
• xbox game pass

News Oct 27th, 2017

Microsoft boasts 53m games MUAs across Windows 10, Xbox One and mobile

Future looks bright thanks to Game Pass and Mixer, CEO Nadella says

• Mixer
• windows 10
• game pass
• UWP