Thursday, November 7, 2013

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Microsoft's First-Party PC Game Development Being Expanded
Nov 7th 2013, 23:50, by Chris Pereira

Microsoft's support for PC gaming -- particularly its first-party development efforts -- has been inconsistent over the years, but the company is once again planning to make its presence known on the platform, according to Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer.

After admitting to Shacknews that the company's level of support for the platform has waned, Spencer described Windows as now being "incredibly important." He pointed to the 'One Microsoft' initiative -- the outcome of the company's extensive realignment earlier this year -- as being part of the reason for Microsoft seeking to avoid being hyper focused on consoles at the expense of its other platforms. What that means is more PC games coming from Microsoft; in fact, Spencer claims that, right now, there are "more individual projects on Windows than we've had in ten years at Microsoft Studios."

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