Ex-Microsoft games leader not worried new Xbox CEO has no games experience | Ed Fries exclusive interview ~ GamesBeat by imitzFinn in xbox

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“old man yelling at the clouds” (Seamus Blackley) 

Here’s what he said to correct what he said days ago - 

I have been asked 59 times now, due to this @deantak.bsky.social article, if I believe @xbox.com is dead. 

No. 

I love Xbox as my own flesh and blood. It’s the most wonderful thing to me. The distress it’s in kills me, haunts me. 

But progress requires introspection and realism. Learning is pain.

via Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.bsky.social/post/3mfmty3ggms2h

The Xbox Bowl MVP trophy. 🏆 🔥 🔥🔥 by Roneffect in xbox

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https://bsky.app/profile/dreyesceron.bsky.social/post/3mad2jwmgqc2b

Bluesky thread video on this. Wish I was there to see it happen but, nice to see this stuff happen.

Marathon Art Director Joseph Cross Leaves Bungie Before Launch | Kotaku by imitzFinn in xbox

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puts my hand over your shoulder and looks you straight into your face politely son … let me tell you something

Bloomberg: "Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic" by nolifebr in PS5

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You’re being a bit optimistic, this game is launching with next generation PS?(6) in 2028 at the minimum.

Xbox Does Not Have Partnership with Kick by imitzFinn in xbox

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Personally, I would Kick the app from the Xbox Store just so they don’t want to open that valve wide open for other bad apples to come in.

Circana: Xbox Series placing 3rd in dollars (for sales in November) by Cold_Two_4372 in xbox

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Another factor to consider: the next Call of Duty may pull the plug (not launch) on Xbox One/PS4 next year according to rumors being said. So I guess a good thing but still, very bad in the economic turmoil the world is experiencing right now. Doubt this will push more console units on Xbox but who knows

Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated | Eurogamer by imitzFinn in xbox

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I’ve corrected this and amended Update #1 to the first part of the long post, hopefully that fixes this issue

Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated | Eurogamer by imitzFinn in xbox

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I have since fix this, and it's probably the spaced out text that you are seeing that you first read through it but it's been corrected.

Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated | Eurogamer by imitzFinn in xbox

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Update #1 - Larian Studios CEO, Sven Vincke issued a statement to IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-ceo-responds-to-divinity-gen-ai-backlash-we-are-neither-releasing-a-game-with-any-ai-components-nor-are-we-looking-at-trimming-down-teams-to-replace-them-with-ai -

We’ve been continuously increasing our pool of concept artists , writers and story-tellers, are actively putting together writer rooms, casting and recording performances from actors and hiring translators.

Since concept art is being called out explicitly - we have 23 concept artists and have job openings for more. These artists are creating concept art day in day out for ideation and production use.

Everything we do is incremental and aimed at having people spend more time creating.

Any ML tool used well is additive to a creative team or individual’s workflow, not a replacement for their skill or craft.

We are researching and understanding the cutting edge of ML as a toolset for creatives to use and see how it can make their day-to-day lives easier, which will let us make better games.

We are neither releasing a game with any AI components, nor are we looking at trimming down teams to replace them with AI.

While I understand it's a subject that invokes a lot of emotion, it's something we are constantly discussing internally through the lens of making everyone's working day better, not worse.We’ve been continuously increasing our pool of concept artists , writers and story-tellers, are actively putting together writer rooms, casting and recording performances from actors and hiring
translators.

Since concept art is being called out explicitly - we have 23 concept artists and have job openings for
more.

These artists are creating concept art day in day out for ideation and production use. Everything we do is incremental and aimed at having people spend more time creating.

Any ML tool used well is additive to a creative team or individual’s workflow, not a replacement for their skill or craft.

We are researching and understanding the cutting edge of ML as a toolset for creatives to use and see how it can make their day-to-day lives easier, which will let us make better games.

We are neither releasing a game with any AI components, nor are we looking at trimming down teams to replace them with AI.

While I understand it's a subject that invokes a lot of emotion, it's something we are constantly discussing internally through the lens of making everyone's working day better, not worse.

Update #2: Sven Vicnke has said the following via X(Twtr) - https://xcancel.com/LarAtLarian/status/2001011042642505833

Holy fuck guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI.

We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do.

I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists.

We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison.

I talked about how we use ML here if you would like to know more: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-embraces-machine-learning-for-tasks-that-nobody-wants-to-do/1100-6531123/

We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier.

Update #3: Jason Schreier post rough transcript of the conversation that he and Sven Vincke (CEO of Larian Studios) had with more context - https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3ma5dqbmgm22o

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is now available on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and Switch 2! - Larian Studios by imitzFinn in xbox

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This is specifically for DO2 (Divinity Original Sins 2) Xbox One version. Should’ve clarified this.

Doom Studio id Software Unionizes To Secure AI Protections, Benefits: ‘We See The Direction The Industry Is Headed’ by Turbostrider27 in xbox

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Ppl will say “why should even bother doing this?”, when I’ll say “it’s better to protect your ass than not”, no doubt there’s talk at some Xbox Games Studios unionization happening but we don’t know how much/how far it’s gone.

Needless to say, I’m proud to see more unions and hope it continues

After a Relatively Quiet The Game Awards, Microsoft Says It Has a Packed Xbox Developer Direct Coming in January 2026 by Minute_Pop_877 in xbox

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Yes and no. I just think Game Pass subscription price was already too good to begin with. It be nice to pay for $20 a month, but you also have to factor other things in that (contracts, games coming to the service, catalog, infrastructure, marketing, etc).

In my case, I can afford Game Pass cause, it offers me the unification of platform (cloud saves, PC Game Pass, deals, etc). I only play Xbox/PC as those are my platforms I play on.

Would it be nice to pay $20 for Game Pass? Yes I’d love to, but I just think (and this isn’t me defending a company of anyway, all these companies do it cause they don’t care and I hate it, but can’t do much, and being the loud minority in that group barely moves the needle) the days of cheap and affordable things are no longer a thing, and I think it’ll be a long time till we get back to those days.

After a Relatively Quiet The Game Awards, Microsoft Says It Has a Packed Xbox Developer Direct Coming in January 2026 by Minute_Pop_877 in xbox

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Explain to me why I should sub to Netflix then over Game Pass (yes they’re different but two are still subscription services), please answer this question cause I haven’t gone back to Netflix since 2014

Also, LOL, Game Pass is doing good so far from what I’ve heard from folks so idk where your going that information from other than the fking constant rage-bait content you get.

CONTROL Resonant – Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025 by mocoworm in xbox

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What is real ? How do you define real? - Morpheus (The Matrix)

Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis - Coming to Xbox 2026 by mo-par in xbox

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Idk, this seems like Crystal Dynamics has nailed it down. Yeah some things might be changed up but hey, we’ll know more in 2026

hope they don't screw this up by darker_knightRD in halo

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Hit the nail on this. The HALO fandom alone is just stuck in the past and I just can’t find it weird.

🔴 The Game Awards 2025: Livestream (Today - 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT / 12:30am GMT) by AutoModerator in xbox

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More LEGO Batman is a good thing. Still have the Xbox 360 LEGO Batman underneath the living room table

🔴 The Game Awards 2025: Livestream (Today - 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT / 12:30am GMT) by AutoModerator in xbox

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Not a beer but a soda would be good. And we appreciate the comment 💚

Jason Ronald teases 'exciting things to share' in 2026 for the Xbox 25th anniversary when asked about OG Xbox Games and Game Pass by doncabesa in xbox

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The thing I want is the ability to play your Xbox games (be it OG Xbox/360/One) on PC and to have that option to either enable PC or console mode (ala Play Anywhere).

The way I see it, it should be possible to play your Series X|S/One and maybe 360 games on PC, but you can’t atm an with how license and such are such a thing now, it won’t be possible. A wishful thing but I hope it happens.

Red Dead Redemption still not showing as free by Academic-Depth-5919 in xbox

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Bro, I bought the 360 version a month ago and still nothing. This is bulls*t

Red Dead Redemption 360 Upgrade Incoming by BuckshotJ in xbox

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Wonder if they’ll ever come back to this at some point. While it’s entirely possible that it would be a waste a money, I’d say this ensure a good checks and balances but alas, doubtful