Tag Archives: Phil Spencer

Wed, May 22, 2013 | 21:32 BST

Microsoft may release a 1 vs 100 style game in some capacity with Xbox One

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Phil Spencer has said Microsoft may return to a 1 vs 100 game in some capacity with Xbox One, as the company learned a lot from the XBL quiz game.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 03:15 BST

Rare franchise slated for Xbox One to appear at E3

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Microsoft Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer has announced that historic IP from veteran developer Rare Ltd. may make an appearance at E3 this year.
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Fri, Oct 26, 2012 | 05:20 BST

Halo 4 – “nothing’s even close” to sequel’s development cost

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Halo 4 is the most expensive game Microsoft has ever produced.

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Wed, Jul 04, 2012 | 09:21 BST

Wii U “effectively a 360″ in terms of graphics, says Microsoft exec

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Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer believes Nintendo is primed to port Xbox 360 games to the Wii U.

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Fri, Jun 29, 2012 | 09:20 BST

Microsoft rushed Minecraft XBLA deal ahead of E3 according to Phil Spencer

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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.

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Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 17:32 BST

Verbinski’s Matter to focus on emotional connection between on-screen movements, the player

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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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Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 15:35 BST

Microsoft to include SmartGlass support in all future first-party games

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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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Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 23:09 BST

Xbox 360 has “more than two years” left, says Phil Spencer

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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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Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 18:23 BST

Gaming will go cloud-based “someday”, says MS’s Spencer

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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.

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Sat, Jan 21, 2012 | 18:11 GMT

Microsoft: 360-exclusives are about “quality and impact, not number of releases in a year”

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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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Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 12:11 BST

“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox,” says Spencer

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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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Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 22:48 BST

Microsoft: “We lost our way” with latest Halo releases

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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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Mon, Jul 04, 2011 | 14:09 BST

Microsoft: Crytek has “really fallen in love with Kinect,” “a perfect marriage for us”

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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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Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 07:32 BST

Spencer confirms Kinect support for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

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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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Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 10:05 BST

Spencer: MS not looking to turn Halo into annualised franchise

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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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Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 09:59 BST

Spencer: All first-party MS titles to come with future Kinect support

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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.

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Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 07:50 BST

Spencer: Next Alan Wake project hasn’t been greenlit by Microsoft

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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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Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 15:32 BST

Microsoft: There isn’t a Kinect “mandate” for first-party developers, says Spencer

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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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Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 11:16 BST

Kinect “is as core to” 360 “as Live is,” says Spencer

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Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has told GameSpot that Kinect is as vital to Xbox 360 as Xbox Live.

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Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 12:33 BST

“80% of gamers are actually willing to wear glasses” for 3D

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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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