Lead Engine Developer at Nightdive Studio

While back in the day, I played the hell out of Hexen and Heritic, I would hope if it does get done, that it does not be another shooter but with the names of the guns change to spells. Meaning if all a developer does is mimic common guns but they are spells in a new game, its not going to hit very well in todays market. Basically it would be just like that EA game that released not to long ago Immortals of Aveum. These types of games just isn't exciting nor do they capture todays audience.

A surprise ABK game pass drop would be now and not in 2024, at that point everyone is thinking when it finally will happen and not if....

Preferable they do it bathches a few games every few weeks would be better and hard to understand why they can't do it. Especially on Xbox gamepass can't be an issue.

Microsoft Games Boss Phil Spencer Drove $69 billion Activision Deal

Nadella discussed his thought process for acquisitions while speaking at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday. Axel Springer is Insider's parent company.

"To me there are a couple of criteria," Nadella said. "First thing is, is this something that Microsoft can add real value to? If you take LinkedIn or GitHub or Activision or Mojang or what have you, they all have to make sense that Microsoft has some unique contribution that we can make both because of our technology, our brand, our go-to-market to the asset. Otherwise, why do it? And then of course at the end of the day, it has to make financial sense as well."

Nadella has spoken before about the importance of gaming to Microsoft's future.

"As a large company, I think it's critical to define the core, but it's important to make smart choices on other businesses in which we can have fundamental impact and success," he wrote in a memo to employees a few months after he became CEO in 2014. "The single biggest digital life category, measured in both time and money spent, in a mobile-first world is gaming"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Shares What Makes a Good Acquisition

Mario 90 meta, and Spooderman 90 meta... where Xbox's... jk. 89 close enough
What an amazing year for games though. Starfield definitely out of GOTY award contention probs. RIP.

Starfield debut is crazy considering it's on Game Pass. Already selling better than Resident Evil 4, FFXVI and SF6.

Single-Digit Growth for Xbox Series, Decline in PlayStation 5 & Switch.

PS5 still #1 for September though (not really a surprise to me).

Starfield was the best-selling game of September, instantly becoming the 7th best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date. Starfield ranked as the best-selling title of the month across both Xbox and PC, with PC being its lead sales platform.

We unironically have people crying about a 1 point difference in other forums so it's not a joke for some

Yeah it's been an amazing year for all 3 platforms, Xbox had a number of great titles this year (Hi-Fi Rush, Forza Motorsport, Starfield). Missed the 90 mark by 1 point but who gives a shit, Lol. Obsession is 90+ is damaging to this industry because gamers take it too far like most other things.

Anyway, Starfield is my GOTY thus far but my hot take is that Hi-Fi Rush deserves a nomination more, I just feel like Tango would be over the moon with a nomination, Bethesda will be as well but they've had plenty of GOTY noms in the past, Lol. Tango did something really special with Hi-Fi Rush and something completely different to what they're used to, Starfield is a new IP but it's very much a Bethesda RPG still. Idk.

I know it won't get a nom though, it'll be snubbed and we'll have the 20th Resident Evil 4 Remake/Remaster taking the spot from a new IP.

^^ Another reason to hate Crapcom.