Halo, which is the product of Bungie, was sold to Microsoft as part of the agreement of Bungie parting ways with Microsoft as its first major Xbox studios and to house everything for Master Chief’s world, Microsoft created 343 Industries and then began the Xbox Game Studios family. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever and 343 Industries founder and leader, Bonnie Ross, has announced that...

Apparently there is so much to be done for Halo Infinite for multiplayer and after launch content, but Xbox Game Studios or particularly 343 Industries, seems to be having issues to catch up and is in need of help. And responding to the help comes from the studio Certain Affinity who already has a history collaborating with 343 Industries and now, they are deeping the professional...

Ghostbusters... If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood Who ya gonna call (ghostbusters) If it's somethin' weird and it won't look good Who ya gonna call (ghostbusters) If you ain't afraid a no ghost, then IllFonic have news for you and there is a new Ghostbuster games that you should mark on your calendar as somewhere Q4 2022, they will be releasing Ghostbuster Called Ghostbusters:...

Surprising announcement was made today by LucasFilm Games and while it means that EA is not happy that Star Wars is doing well without them being the exclusive game producer, it was the best decision it was made for the Star Wars gaming effort. We are awaiting a couple of Star Wars games, yet Lucasfilm Games announced a joint venture with Skydance New Media and gaming industry veteran Amy...

What was expected to happen with some minor expectations and practically it is up to the regulators, at this time just one party, to see if the consumer’s interest is best if Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard or not. Besides some shareholders sued to stop the  purchase of the Activision Blizzard conglomerate a few months ago, that didn’t stop the voting that happened today....

For weeks I had been mixing Xbox Game Studios with Activision Blizzard as I thought (an MANY GAMERS) that the direct effect on Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard would be making it part of the Xbox Game Studios family, but as per a report, it claims that it will not be the case. If the FTC fails to get granted a preliminary injunction to avoid Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard, Activision...

Evidently, Samsung has been taking a great lead on Cloud Gaming attached as part of the SmartThings's IoT front to appeal to gamers that want convenience and seamless experience and after adding big players like Stadia, Xbox Game Pass Cloud and GeForce Now, here comes the new challenger. Samsung announced today that Amazon Luna is joining Samsung Gaming Hub in all Smart LEDs launched this year...

In hardware related news, AMD knows that there are people that use ChromeOS and Chromebooks as quick alternative computing and fast writing like yours truly redacting this on a Samsung Chromebook and has been in toe-with-toe with Intel in this computer segment of the market. AMd announced two new sets of Chromebook centered processors with the Ryzen 5 7520C, Ryzen 3 7320C and Athlon Athlon...

With one exception, since October 2022 when Microsoft confirmed that has ended their available catalog for free claimable Xbox 360 games, it was time to receive only Xbox One games, but people have been questioning why Microsoft cannot offer a minimum of 3 games or maybe extend to a 4th game. July 2023 seems to be busy as usual with the announcement of only 2 Xbox One games with Darkwood...

Seems that the bad news in the corporate side of things of Halo, Xbox Game Studio and 343 Industries continues and it is Monday, a somewhat known day to share not so good news and this has to do with another exit at 343 Industries. Windows Central manages to see the LinkedIn profile of Halo Infinite Director, Frank O’Connor, with an ending month on his role at 343 Industries. While Frank...