News April 29 Microsoft Store to reduce its cut from 30% to 12% on August 1 On August 1, Microsoft is reducing its Microsoft Store's cut from 30 percent to just 12 percent to make the platform more attractive for devs and publishers.
News April 28 Microsoft reports over $3.5 billion in gaming revenue for record-breaking third quarter Microsoft’s gaming business continues to grow, according to the company’s financial report for the third quarter (ended March 31).
News April 19 Microsoft announces Xbox Cloud Gaming limited beta for Windows 10 and iPhone/iPad Microsoft announced that tomorrow it'll begin sending out invites to start testing the Xbox Cloud Gaming limited beta for Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets via web browsers.
News April 14 Ampere: acquiring Discord might help Microsoft tap into engaged and ‘commercially valuable’ audience People that use Discord are highly engaged and hardcore gamers, who are more likely to use subscription services. That’s why the potential deal could boost Microsoft’s Game Pass ambitions.
News April 8 Report: Hideo Kojima in talks with Microsoft to publish his next game The news came soon after people started speculating that the PS5 indie game Abandoned might be connected to the famous game designer.
News April 6 Microsoft employees protest latest $22 billion military contract After Microsoft got a new $22 billion contract for AR headsets, the company went on to defend its partnership with the US Army. However, a group of employees is opposed to the military deal.
News April 1 Microsoft wins US Army contract for AR headsets worth almost $22 billion Microsoft will deliver 120,000 AR headsets to the US Army. The device is based on HoloLens 2 and lets soldiers see in the dark and project additional information on a visor. The deal is worth $21.88 billion.
News March 25 SEGA tops Metacritic’s rating of game publishers, outshining Capcom, Sony, and Activision Blizzard SEGA has been named the top video games publisher by Metacritic. It was one of only three companies to achieve an average score of 90+ for two different games in 2020.
News March 23 Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion, may bundle it into Game Pass Microsoft might be on the verge of another huge deal. According to the latest report, the company plans to acquire Discord for more than $10 billion.
News March 9 Microsoft to explain what ZeniMax deal means for Game Pass subscribers on March 11 Now that the acquisition of ZeniMax has been approved by regulators, Microsoft is ready to publicly reveal the details of this deal in a video presentation. However, no new game announcements are expected.
