Breaking away from our normal structure, Robert, Andrew, and Stretch take a look at the history of Xbox Game Studios and analyze how they’re doing. From formation and early purchases like Rare, to the flood of announcements in 2018 and the impending acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, we talk through each studio and their contributions. 

Are Xbox taking the right approach staying hands off with their companies? Has Xbox been missing a consistency that they used to have? What will it mean if Starfield or Fable flop? 
 

00:00:00 – Intro 

00:03:11 – Early Days of Microsoft Game Studios 

00:26:52 – Mojang and Minecraft 

00:36:45 – E3 2018: Obsidian, InXile, Ninja Theory, and More 

01:03:54 – The Big ZeniMax Acquisition 

01:23:51 – What the Xbox One Did to Microsoft 

01:28:35 – Do Xbox Games Review Poorly?

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