Tag Archives: Phil Spencer
Fri, Oct 26, 2012 | 05:20 BST
Halo 4 – “nothing’s even close” to sequel’s development cost
Halo 4 is the most expensive game Microsoft has ever produced.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, halo 4, Phil Spencer
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 | 09:21 BST
Wii U “effectively a 360″ in terms of graphics, says Microsoft exec
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer believes Nintendo is primed to port Xbox 360 games to the Wii U.
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 | 09:20 BST
Microsoft rushed Minecraft XBLA deal ahead of E3 according to Phil Spencer
Microsoft had only reached an agreement with Minecraft creator Mojang one week ahead of the company’s big E3 2011 announcement according to head of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer.
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 17:32 BST
Verbinski’s Matter to focus on emotional connection between on-screen movements, the player
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said film director Gore Verbinski brought the idea for his studio’s game Matter to the firm after being “exposed to Kinect.”
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Posted in: E3 2012, Kinect, Microsoft, Puzzler, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: Blind Wink Games, Gore Verbinski, Matter, Phil Spencer
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 15:35 BST
Microsoft to include SmartGlass support in all future first-party games
Phil Spencer, corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, has said SmartGlass support will be included in all the firm’s first-party titles once the new app is released in the fall.
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Posted in: E3 2012, Microsoft, PC, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Phil Spencer, SmartGlass
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 23:09 BST
Xbox 360 has “more than two years” left, says Phil Spencer
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has told Gamespot the firm is committed to Xbox 360 “for the long-term,” as the console is “really healthy,” and has “a lot more than two years [left],” he told Gamespot .
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Posted in: Development, E3 2012, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, hardware
Tags: Phil Spencer
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 18:23 BST
Gaming will go cloud-based “someday”, says MS’s Spencer
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has said all gaming will be based in the cloud “someday”, but stressed that day is far out for now.
Sat, Jan 21, 2012 | 18:11 GMT
Microsoft: 360-exclusives are about “quality and impact, not number of releases in a year”
Phil Spencer corporate vice president of Xbox 360, has said despite a small line-up of 360-exclusives in the works for 2012, the “core” gamer is still being considered when creating exclusive IP.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Phil Spencer
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 12:11 BST
“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox,” says Spencer
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the Xbox platform would lose its way if the same happened with the Halo IP.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: halo, Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer
Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 22:48 BST
Microsoft: “We lost our way” with latest Halo releases
Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer has said, in a frank admission, that the company “lost our way” over recent releases in the Halo IP, such as ODST and Reach.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, halo, halo 4, Phil Spencer
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 | 14:09 BST
Microsoft: Crytek has “really fallen in love with Kinect,” “a perfect marriage for us”
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has said that with the development of Ryse, Crytek has “fallen in love” with Kinect, adding the relationship between the German company and MS is “a perfect marriage.”
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: crytek, Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer, Ryse
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 07:32 BST
Spencer confirms Kinect support for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has confirmed in a GameSpot interview that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will have some sort of Kinect support.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 10:05 BST
Spencer: MS not looking to turn Halo into annualised franchise
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has said the company isn’t looking to turn Halo into an annualised franchise despite the release of several Halo games in the past couple of years and in the future.
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Posted in: E3 2011, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, bungie, halo, halo 4, Phil Spencer
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 09:59 BST
Spencer: All first-party MS titles to come with future Kinect support
Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer has told Gamespot he believes that some form of Kinect support will be incorporated into all first-party Microsoft titles from here on.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 07:50 BST
Spencer: Next Alan Wake project hasn’t been greenlit by Microsoft
Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer has told Joystiq the new Alan Wake project from Remedy hasn’t been greenlit by the group.
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Posted in: Action, E3 2011, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: alan wake, alan wake: night springs, Phil Spencer, remedy
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 15:32 BST
Microsoft: There isn’t a Kinect “mandate” for first-party developers, says Spencer
Microsoft Game Studios VP Phil Spencer has said the company doesn’t have a first-party “mandate” regarding creating games for Kinect.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, hardware
Tags: first-party software, Phil Spencer, third-party software
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 11:16 BST
Kinect “is as core to” 360 “as Live is,” says Spencer
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has told GameSpot that Kinect is as vital to Xbox 360 as Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 12:33 BST
“80% of gamers are actually willing to wear glasses” for 3D
A survey has found that most gamers couldn’t give a fig about wearing glasses to play 3D games, IndustryGamers reports.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: 3d, Phil Spencer, U-Decide Initiative
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 06:53 BST
MS’s Spencer: Time not right for 3D, but glasses-free 3DS is cool
Speaking to CNN, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has explained the company’s reticence in getting on the 3D bandwagon, saying the right hardware simply isn’t installed in homes at this point.
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 | 16:25 BST
Milo tech could possibly make its way into Fable franchise, says Spencer
Phil Spencer has said Milo is “a vision of what’s possible with Kinect”, and the public will continue to see innovation from Lionhead come to market, but he’s not convinced it will be “under the idea and framework” of Milo.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: milo, peter molyneux, Phil Spencer, Project Milo
Ex-Rockstar Dev says he won’t make any more violent games