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hreflang="it" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2" title="اكس بوكس جيم ستوديوز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اكس بوكس جيم ستوديوز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Xbox Game Studios" data-language-autonym="Português" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Xbox_Game_Studios.svg/220px-Xbox_Game_Studios.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Xbox_Game_Studios.svg/330px-Xbox_Game_Studios.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Xbox_Game_Studios.svg/440px-Xbox_Game_Studios.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2498" data-file-height="1449" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Microsoft Games (2000–2001)</li> <li>Microsoft Game Studios (2001–2011)</li> <li>Microsoft Studios (2011–2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">Video games</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Microsoft Games Group</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">March 2000<span class="noprint">; 24 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Redmond,_Washington" title="Redmond, Washington">Redmond, Washington</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Alan Hartman <br />(Head of Xbox Game Studios)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Game_Studios_video_games" title="List of Xbox Game Studios video games">List of Xbox Game Studios video games</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> (2000–2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> (2022–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="#Studios">§ Studios</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-studios">xbox.com/xbox-game-studios</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Xbox Game Studios</b> (previously known as <b>Microsoft Studios</b>, <b>Microsoft Game Studios</b>, and <b>Microsoft Games</b>) is an American <a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">video game publisher</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Redmond,_Washington" title="Redmond, Washington">Redmond, Washington</a>. It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing of video games for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. It has since expanded to include games and other interactive entertainment for the namesake <a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a> platforms, other desktop operating systems, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a> and other mobile platforms, web-based portals, and other game consoles. </p><p>Xbox Game Studios, alongside <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a> and <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a>, are part of the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> division led by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a>, who is chief executive officer of the division.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Microsoft_Games_and_Microsoft_Game_Studios_(2000–2011)"><span id="As_Microsoft_Games_and_Microsoft_Game_Studios_.282000.E2.80.932011.29"></span>As Microsoft Games and Microsoft Game Studios (2000–2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As Microsoft Games and Microsoft Game Studios (2000–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg/220px-Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg/330px-Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg/440px-Microsoft_Game_Studios.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="176" data-file-height="60" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Game Studios logo (2001–2011)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> published a few video games. It published <a href="/wiki/SubLOGIC" class="mw-redirect" title="SubLOGIC">subLOGIC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator" title="Microsoft Flight Simulator">Microsoft Flight Simulator</a></i> and several <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack" title="Microsoft Entertainment Pack">Microsoft Entertainment Pack</a> compilations of <a href="/wiki/Minigame" title="Minigame">minigames</a>, but was best known for <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. In 1992, the company began increasing its focus on games. It announced <i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Golf" title="Microsoft Golf">Microsoft Golf</a></i> for Windows, based on <a href="/wiki/Access_Software" title="Access Software">Access Software</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Links_(series)" title="Links (series)">Links</a></i>, and expanded the games division from two to six people with the intention of commissioning more products from other developers.<sup id="cite_ref-minson19921109_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minson19921109-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft acquired <a href="/wiki/FASA_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="FASA Interactive">FASA Interactive</a> in 1999 for its <i>MechWarrior</i> game series,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access Software,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Aces_Game_Studio" title="Aces Game Studio">Aces Game Studio</a>, which worked on <i>Flight Simulator</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Aces_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aces-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Games Group had also established long-term publishing deals with developers like <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_Studios" title="Ensemble Studios">Ensemble Studios</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires">Age of Empires</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Mythology" title="Age of Mythology">Age of Mythology</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Digital_Anvil" title="Digital Anvil">Digital Anvil</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Starlancer" title="Starlancer">Starlancer</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Microsoft, FASA Interactive was renamed FASA Studio,<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_fates_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_fates-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_fates_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon_fates-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Access Software became Salt Lake Games Studio.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft transitioned the Games Group into a wholly separate division named Microsoft Games around March 2000, along with other consolidation of games-related projects within Microsoft. This came alongside the public announcement of the first <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox console</a>, with Microsoft Games to serve as a developer and publisher of titles for both Xbox and Windows.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Bach" class="mw-redirect" title="Robbie Bach">Robbie Bach</a>, who held executive positions in Microsoft's entertainment divisions, was named senior vice-president while <a href="/wiki/Ed_Fries" title="Ed Fries">Ed Fries</a>, a member of the former Games Group and instrumental for some of its acquisitions, was named as vice-president of the new division.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shane Kim served as the division's general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the division was renamed Microsoft Game Studios (MGS).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FASA Studio and Salt Lake Games Studio remained with Microsoft Game Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_fates_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_fates-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_fates_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon_fates-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Digital Anvil and Ensemble Studios were acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and 2001, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_fates_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_fates-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_fates_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon_fates-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the first major studio acquisitions following the division's formation was <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> in June 2000, in the midst of its development of <i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved">Halo: Combat Evolved</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the acquisition, <i>Halo</i>, which had been planned for release on personal computers, became a Microsoft-published title as well as a launch title for the Xbox on its release in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Turn_10_Studios" title="Turn 10 Studios">Turn 10 Studios</a> was established in 2001 for work on the <i><a href="/wiki/Forza" title="Forza">Forza</a></i> series of racing games.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2002, Microsoft Game Studios acquired <a href="/wiki/Rare_(company)" title="Rare (company)">Rare</a>, who had previously extensively developed for <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Microsoft recognized that the <a href="/wiki/EA_Sports" title="EA Sports">EA Sports</a> label was in a far stronger position to develop sports games for the Xbox console, and among realignment steps, laid off about 78 employees within Microsoft Game Studios that were developing sports games in-house, and sold Salt Lake Games Studio, now named Indie Games to <a href="/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a> in 2004, where it became Indie Built.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Moore_(businessman)" title="Peter Moore (businessman)">Peter Moore</a> was named in 2003 as vice-president of Microsoft's Home and Entertainment Division, which included MGS, the Xbox division, and Microsoft's home hardware market, reporting to Bach.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to pulling big publishers like <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> to the Xbox platform, Moore tried to push the Xbox in Japan by courting Japanese developers with support from MGS publishing. Such games included <i><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Dust" title="Phantom Dust">Phantom Dust</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Blinx:_The_Time_Sweeper" title="Blinx: The Time Sweeper">Blinx: The Time Sweeper</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 2004, MGS established <a href="/wiki/Carbonated_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbonated Games">Carbonated Games</a> as an internal studio for the development of <a href="/wiki/Casual_game" title="Casual game">casual games</a> for Microsoft's web games portal <a href="/wiki/MSN_Games" title="MSN Games">MSN Games</a>, on the chat client <a href="/wiki/MSN_Messenger" title="MSN Messenger">MSN Messenger</a>, and on the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a> platform.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kim and Fries were instrumental for securing MGS' publishing deal with <a href="/wiki/Lionhead_Studios" title="Lionhead Studios">Lionhead Studios</a> for their 2004 game <i><a href="/wiki/Fable_(2004_video_game)" title="Fable (2004 video game)">Fable</a></i>, which would serve as the first major role-playing game on the Xbox platform. Subsequently, in 2006, MGS acquired Lionhead Studios along with the <i>Fable</i> properties, as it sought to secure a <i>Fable</i> sequel for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MGS folded the staff of Digital Anvil into the larger studio in 2005, following the release of 2003's <i><a href="/wiki/Brute_Force_(video_game)" title="Brute Force (video game)">Brute Force</a></i>, and closed down the studio entirely in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_fates_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_fates-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_fates_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon_fates-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FASA Studio was closed three-and-a-half months after the May 2007 release of their last game, <i><a href="/wiki/Shadowrun_(2007_video_game)" title="Shadowrun (2007 video game)">Shadowrun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_fates_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_fates-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_fates_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon_fates-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, MGS announced the opening of a European office in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>, England, headed by general manager <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(Microsoft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Spencer (Microsoft)">Phil Spencer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moore opted to leave Microsoft in July 2007, so to move back to the San Francisco Bay area with his family and to rejoin Electronic Arts. <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattrick" title="Don Mattrick">Don Mattrick</a> was named as his replacement as the new vice-president of the Xbox and Games Business, which included MGS.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2007, Bungie amicably split from MGS to become a privately held independent company, with MGS retaining the rights to the <i>Halo</i> property.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bungie continued to develop two additional <i>Halo</i> games for MGS, <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_3:_ODST" title="Halo 3: ODST">Halo 3: ODST</a></i> (2009) and <i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Reach" title="Halo: Reach">Halo: Reach</a></i> (2010).<sup id="cite_ref-gamasutra-07/09_reports_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamasutra-07/09_reports-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, MGS founded <a href="/wiki/343_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="343 Industries">343 Industries</a> as an internal studio to develop future <i>Halo</i> games without Bungie.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, MGS disbanded Carbonated Games and announced the formation of internal studio <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live Productions">Xbox Live Productions</a> to develop "high-quality digital content" for <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Arcade" title="Xbox Live Arcade">Xbox Live Arcade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft as a whole announced layoffs of up to 5,000 jobs across all divisions in January 2009 due to slowing sales of personal computers as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within MGS, the studio had already planned to disband Ensemble Studios after the completion of <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_Wars" title="Halo Wars">Halo Wars</a></i> in early 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the new layoffs led MGS to also disband Aces Game Studio.<sup id="cite_ref-Aces_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aces-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft acquired Vancouver-based <a href="/wiki/BigPark" title="BigPark">BigPark</a> in May 2009, using the studio to develop some of the first games for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a> sensor for the Xbox 360.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2009, Phil Spencer was promoted to corporate vice-president of MGS, in order to replace the retiring Shane Kim.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, MGS formed a mobile gaming studio, <a href="/wiki/MGS_Mobile_Gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="MGS Mobile Gaming">MGS Mobile Gaming</a>, focused on developing gaming and entertainment multimedia for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a> devices.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also expanded Rare with a second studio in Digbeth, Birmingham.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Microsoft_Studios_(2011–2019)"><span id="As_Microsoft_Studios_.282011.E2.80.932019.29"></span>As Microsoft Studios (2011–2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As Microsoft Studios (2011–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg/220px-Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg/330px-Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg/440px-Microsoft_Studios_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Studios logo (2011–2019)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Splatters_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_Splatters_03.jpg/220px-The_Splatters_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_Splatters_03.jpg/330px-The_Splatters_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_Splatters_03.jpg/440px-The_Splatters_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Splatters" title="The Splatters">The Splatters</a></i> is an <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Arcade" title="Xbox Live Arcade">Xbox Live Arcade</a> game that was developed by a third-party studio and published by Microsoft Studios in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>By the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011">Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011</a> in June 2011, Microsoft Game Studios was quietly renamed to Microsoft Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2011, Microsoft Studios acquired <a href="/wiki/Twisted_Pixel_Games" title="Twisted Pixel Games">Twisted Pixel Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early December 2011, Microsoft Studios created <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Casual_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Casual Games">Microsoft Casual Games</a>, a division to revamp its past casual games for Windows (like <i><a href="/wiki/Windows_Solitaire" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Solitaire">Windows Solitaire</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/MSN_Games" title="MSN Games">MSN Games</a>) using more up-to-date software delivery platforms. </p><p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" title="Phil Harrison">Phil Harrison</a>, the former Sony worldwide studios head, joined Microsoft as head of Microsoft Studios Europe and IEB.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft Studios acquired developer <a href="/wiki/Press_Play_(company)" title="Press Play (company)">Press Play</a>, known for developing <i>Tentacles</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Max_%26_the_Magic_Marker" title="Max & the Magic Marker">Max & the Magic Marker</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also announced a new development studio in London, England.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2012, Microsoft downsized Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver due to the cancellation of the Kinect family title <i>Project Columbia</i> and announced that the ongoing development of free-to-play title <i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Flight" title="Microsoft Flight">Microsoft Flight</a></i> had been ceased due to <a href="/wiki/IT_portfolio_management" title="IT portfolio management">portfolio evaluation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reduced Vancouver studios were renamed to <a href="/wiki/Black_Tusk_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Tusk Studios">Black Tusk Studios</a> and tasked with making similar franchise-building title as <i>Halo</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Microsoft established European studio <a href="/wiki/Lift_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Lift London">Lift London</a>, a studio that would create cloud-based games for tablets, mobiles and TVs.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, they created a new "Deep Tech" team inside its Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) unit; the new team is charged with working with top developers outside the company to build next-generation applications on top of Microsoft platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Mattrick had overseen much of the development of Microsoft's next console, the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a>, he left in July 2013, prior to its release, to take over as CEO of <a href="/wiki/Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mattrick was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Larson-Green" title="Julie Larson-Green">Julie Larson-Green</a>, who was named the president of the Devices and Studios Engineering Group, following a realignment of Microsoft's divisions, overseeing both the Xbox hardware divisions and Microsoft Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shifting_priorities_under_Microsoft_CEO_Satya_Nadella">Shifting priorities under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shifting priorities under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg/170px-Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg/255px-Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg/340px-Phil_Spencer_Xbox.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3404" data-file-height="4441" /></a><figcaption>Phil Spencer, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Studios from 2014 to 2017</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> became CEO of Microsoft in February 2014. At this time, Microsoft was facing strong competition in the consumer market, and within the gaming sector, the Xbox One (released in 2013) was more expensive than competitors and had too much focus on non-gaming functions. Under Nadella's direction, Phil Spencer was named the new head of Microsoft Studios to replace Jason Holtman, who had only been its lead for the prior six months.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_profile_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj_profile-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer began looking for ways to expand Microsoft Studios to make it a profitable division for Microsoft, and began negotiations for the acquititions of <a href="/wiki/Mojang" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojang">Mojang</a>, the developers behind <i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a></i>, in late 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Mojang_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mojang-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft spent <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$2.5 <a href="/wiki/1,000,000,000" title="1,000,000,000">billion</a></span> to acquire the studio, and upon the deal's completion in November, the studio's key founding personnel, <a href="/wiki/Markus_Persson" title="Markus Persson">Markus Persson</a>, Jakob Porsér and Carl Manneh, departed Mojang.<sup id="cite_ref-Mojang_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mojang-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Persson became valued around <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1.3 billion</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft Studios committed to keeping <i>Minecraft</i> available across multiple platforms, including rival PlayStation consoles.<sup id="cite_ref-Mojang_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mojang-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matt Booty, the studio's corporate vice-president in 2020, said the acquisition of Mojang served as the template for later acquisitions, as Mojang was left to run as an "unplugged studio" with limited integration into the Microsoft corporation, minimizing the disruption of Mojang's normal day-to-day business matters nor impeding on the studio's freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> (IP) acquisitions by Microsoft Studios in 2014 included a publishing contract with <a href="/wiki/Undead_Labs" title="Undead Labs">Undead Labs</a> for their game <i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Decay_(video_game)" title="State of Decay (video game)">State of Decay</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the rights to the <i><a href="/wiki/Gears_of_War" title="Gears of War">Gears of War</a></i> series from <a href="/wiki/Epic_Games" title="Epic Games">Epic Games</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i>Rise of</i> IP (<i><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_Nations" title="Rise of Nations">Rise of Nations</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_Nations:_Rise_of_Legends" title="Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends">Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends</a></i>) from <a href="/wiki/Big_Huge_Games" title="Big Huge Games">Big Huge Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft Studios assigned <i>Gears of War</i> to Black Tusk Studios, which was later rebranded in 2015 as The Coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2014, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Entertainment_Studios" title="Xbox Entertainment Studios">Xbox Entertainment Studios</a> would be closed in the following months; the closure was completed by October 29.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 4, 2015, Microsoft announced that they were merging UK-based studios, Lift London and Soho Productions for further games development, with the amalgam continuing to operate under the Lift London name.<sup id="cite_ref-HoloLens_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoloLens-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 7, Microsoft announced at the <a href="/wiki/Game_Developers_Conference" title="Game Developers Conference">Game Developers Conference</a> that <a href="/wiki/HoloLens" class="mw-redirect" title="HoloLens">HoloLens</a> games were coming to Xbox One.<sup id="cite_ref-HoloLens_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoloLens-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 9, Microsoft announced that Kudo Tsunoda's role was expanding and that he would be the new studio team leader for studios such as Press Play, Lift London and a new internal studio called Decisive Games. Decisive Games was previously mentioned in job postings, saying that they were hiring for work on a "beloved strategy game" for Xbox One and PC, but this is the first public acknowledgement of the team's existence as a first-party studio.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twisted Pixel and Microsoft Studios agreed to split in September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kudo Tsunoda left the Xbox division in November 2015 for the development of HoloLens and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a>, and other projects that could improve means of human interaction, including voice and gesture. Tsunoda's role was filled by Hanno Lemke and Shannon Loftis.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Microsoft was perceived as "unifying PC and Xbox One" platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2016, Microsoft canceled development of two major projects: Lionhead's <i><a href="/wiki/Fable_Legends" title="Fable Legends">Fable Legends</a></i> and Press Play's <i><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_(video_game)" title="Knoxville (video game)">Project Knoxville</a></i>, shuttering both studios in the following months.<sup id="cite_ref-nZkaX_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nZkaX-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time, changes to Microsoft Studios' website indicated that further studios—BigPark, <a href="/wiki/Good_Science_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Science Studio">Good Science Studio</a>, Leap Experience Pioneers (LXP), Function Studios and State of the Art (SOTA)—had been closed, Microsoft Studios clarified that all of them had been consolidated into other Microsoft Studios teams over the past several years.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, Spencer was promoted to the senior leadership team, gaining the title of "executive vice-president of gaming".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point, Microsoft Studios directly reported to Nadella.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_profile_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj_profile-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2018, Matt Booty was promoted from leader in the <i>Minecraft</i> games business to corporate vice-president of Microsoft Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 10, 2018, during the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo_2018" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018">Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018</a>, Microsoft announced the acquisitions of <a href="/wiki/Ninja_Theory" title="Ninja Theory">Ninja Theory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Playground_Games" title="Playground Games">Playground Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Undead_Labs" title="Undead Labs">Undead Labs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Compulsion_Games" title="Compulsion Games">Compulsion Games</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the opening of a new studio in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, entitled <a href="/wiki/The_Initiative_(company)" title="The Initiative (company)">The Initiative</a>, which would be led by the former <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Dynamics" title="Crystal Dynamics">Crystal Dynamics</a> studio head Darrell Gallagher.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, Microsoft Studios announced further acquisitions with <a href="/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment" title="Obsidian Entertainment">Obsidian Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/InXile_Entertainment" title="InXile Entertainment">inXile Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Xbox_Game_Studios_(2019–present)"><span id="As_Xbox_Game_Studios_.282019.E2.80.93present.29"></span>As Xbox Game Studios (2019–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: As Xbox Game Studios (2019–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The studio rebranded itself on February 5, 2019, as Xbox Game Studios, as to reflect Microsoft's intent to use the Xbox brand to support gaming across all the devices it supports.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/E3_2019" title="E3 2019">E3 2019</a>, Xbox Game Studios announced it had acquired <a href="/wiki/Double_Fine" title="Double Fine">Double Fine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and established a new internal studio dedicated to <i>Age of Empires</i> headed by Shannon Loftis, bringing their total studio count to fifteen.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This studio, later named <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Edge" title="World's Edge">World's Edge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> does not directly develop any games, but oversees efforts from external studios, such as <a href="/wiki/Relic_Entertainment" title="Relic Entertainment">Relic Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Empires" title="Forgotten Empires">Forgotten Empires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tantalus_Media" title="Tantalus Media">Tantalus Media</a>, to assure the series is being developed in the right direction, according to creative director Adam Isgreen.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Booty has stated that with studios like Obsidian, Ninja Theory, and Double Fine, which have traditionally supported multiplatform games, they will determine if it makes sense for their future products to be treated as Microsoft-exclusive content for Xbox and Windows computers, or to allow these to be published across multiple platforms. That decision will be based on a "network effect", whether having these games on other platforms will better support the franchise and thus worthwhile for Microsoft to help dedicate resources towards it, such as they had with <i>Minecraft</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Xbox Game Studios has allowed some of the content developed by its studios or that was previously published exclusively for the Xbox and Windows systems to be released on <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> systems, notably the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Switch" title="Nintendo Switch">Nintendo Switch</a> versions of <i><a href="/wiki/Cuphead" title="Cuphead">Cuphead</a></i> from Studio MDHR and <i><a href="/wiki/Ori_and_the_Blind_Forest" title="Ori and the Blind Forest">Ori and the Blind Forest</a></i> from Moon Studios, and allowing for the titular characters from Rare's <i><a href="/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie" title="Banjo-Kazooie">Banjo-Kazooie</a></i> into <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate" title="Super Smash Bros. Ultimate">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</a></i>. However, the division stated that these releases were generally "existing commitments to other platforms" that they allowed studios to honor, but they otherwise have "no plans to further expand our exclusive first party games to other consoles."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Near the end of 2019, with the combined fifteen studios now under Xbox Game Studios, Booty stated that they now had more games than ever to handle, and were likely not going to acquire any additional studios in the near future, stating "we've been shifting our focus inside Xbox Game Studios from acquisition and growth, to a phase of execution and delivery".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, as Microsoft started promotion of its fourth-generation of Xbox, including the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Series X">Xbox Series X</a>, Booty stated that titles developed by Xbox Game Studios in year or two following its release will not be exclusively for the new generation of consoles, but instead will support both Xbox One and the new console, with some games receiving enhanced performance when played on the new console lineup.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Booty said that with the large number of studios they had recently acquired, as well as ongoing external partnerships and their <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Pass" title="Xbox Game Pass">Xbox Game Pass</a> service, the Studios are able to support a "breadth of offerings in the portfolio" designed to attract a large number of players.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, in an interview in November 2020, Phil Spencer said during an interview regarding the future of the Xbox brand that he intends to put more focus on outputting <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">RPGs</a>, which had to that point been underserved.<sup id="cite_ref-Phil_Spencer_RPG_interview_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phil_Spencer_RPG_interview-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft and <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a> announced on September 21, 2020, that Microsoft planned to acquire ZeniMax and its family of studios, which include <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios" title="Bethesda Game Studios">Bethesda Game Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkane_Studios" title="Arkane Studios">Arkane Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a>, <a href="/wiki/MachineGames" title="MachineGames">MachineGames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tango_Gameworks" title="Tango Gameworks">Tango Gameworks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Online_Studios" title="ZeniMax Online Studios">ZeniMax Online Studios</a>, for over <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$7.5 billion</span> in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Spencer, the ZeniMax acquisition was intended to give Microsoft a large library of games known around the world, and to expand the library of Xbox Game Pass and <a href="/wiki/XCloud" class="mw-redirect" title="XCloud">XCloud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_xbox_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gq_xbox-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during 2023 hearings regarding the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>'s concern over the <a href="/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft</a>, Spencer said that <a href="/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony Interactive Entertainment</a> had made sways at Bethesda to keep <i><a href="/wiki/Starfield_(video_game)" title="Starfield (video game)">Starfield</a></i> as a PlayStation-exclusive, further prompting Microsoft to purchase Zenimax.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both U.S. and European Union regulatory agencies approved the acquisition by early March 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the acquisition was formally completed by March 9, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total price of the deal was $8.1 billion<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bethesda Softworks, the primarily publisher for all of ZeniMax's games, remained as an operational unit under Microsoft with the acquisition and retained all its current leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the acquisition, future games from the studios will be exclusive to Xbox consoles, but existing commitments to other platforms (such as Arkane Studios' <i><a href="/wiki/Deathloop" title="Deathloop">Deathloop</a></i> and Tango Gameworks' <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostwire:_Tokyo" title="Ghostwire: Tokyo">Ghostwire: Tokyo</a></i>, which are contractually exclusive to <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_5" title="PlayStation 5">PlayStation 5</a> for a period of 12 months before their release on <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Series X">Xbox Series X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_S" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Series S">Xbox Series S</a>) will still be honored.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer stated that Game Pass was also fundamental driver for the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A preliminary injunction to block the acquisition had been sought in an ongoing class-action lawsuit that ZeniMax faced over <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_4" title="Fallout 4">Fallout 4</a></i>, with the plaintiffs in the case arguing that Microsoft could shield ZeniMax's assets from damages should they be found liable after the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ZeniMax Board of Directors was dissolved following the Microsoft purchase.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft</a></div> <p>On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a> in an all-cash deal valued at $68.7 billion. Microsoft stated that this acquisition would make it the third-largest gaming company by revenue, following <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>. With the announcement, Microsoft also announced a major change to its corporate structure, with Phil Spencer becoming CEO of the new division <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a>, with Matt Booty leading Xbox Game Studios under it. Once approved, Activision Blizzard would then become a subdivision of Microsoft Gaming.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was cleared by various national regulators by October 13, 2023, with Microsoft closing the deal the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During litigation on the merger with the United States <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>, internal documents from Microsoft <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2020</span> show strong interest in re-acquiring Bungie, or acquiring <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>'s game development companies, <a href="/wiki/Supergiant_Games" title="Supergiant Games">Supergiant Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niantic,_Inc." title="Niantic, Inc.">Niantic, Inc.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thunderful_Group" title="Thunderful Group">Thunderful Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a>, <a href="/wiki/IO_Interactive" title="IO Interactive">IO Interactive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scopely" title="Scopely">Scopely</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Playrix" title="Playrix">Playrix</a> as part of Xbox Game Studios,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as publisher <a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a> to help bolster its Asian presence and mobile market share.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees, which represented about 5% of its global workforce. Included in those layoffs were many employees from 343 Industries, The Coalition, and Bethesda Game Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 26, 2023, Microsoft announced the promotion of several employees in the company, including <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bond_(executive)" title="Sarah Bond (executive)">Sarah Bond</a> being promoted to president of Xbox, overseeing all Xbox platform, business, and hardware work, and Matt Booty promoted from president of Xbox to president of Game Content and Studios, including the new responsibility of overseeing ZeniMax and Bethesda, with Jamie Leder still running Zenimax as a limited integration entity, but now reporting to Matt.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of Matt Booty's promotion, Alan Hartman, then the head of <a href="/wiki/Turn_10_Studios" title="Turn 10 Studios">Turn 10</a>, was subsequently promoted to head of Xbox Game Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 6, 2024, 343 Industries officially announced their rebranding as Halo Studios, additionally confirming that multiple <i>Halo</i> games were in development and that said projects would now use <a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_5" title="Unreal Engine 5">Unreal Engine 5</a> as opposed to the proprietary Slipspace Engine that powered <i>Halo Infinite</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 14, Rare creative lead Craig Duncan was announced to be succeeding Alan Hartman as head of Xbox Game Studios beginning in November 2024, with Hartman retiring after a three-decade tenure at Microsoft.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studios">Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Headquarters </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Acquired </th> <th class="unsortable">Notable releases </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Coalition_(company)" title="The Coalition (company)">The Coalition</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gears_of_War" title="Gears of War">Gears of War</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Compulsion_Games" title="Compulsion Games">Compulsion Games</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Contrast_(video_game)" title="Contrast (video game)">Contrast</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/We_Happy_Few_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="We Happy Few (video game)">We Happy Few</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/South_of_Midnight" title="South of Midnight">South of Midnight</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Double_Fine" title="Double Fine">Double Fine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Psychonauts" title="Psychonauts">Psychonauts</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCtal_Legend" title="Brütal Legend">Brütal Legend</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Broken_Age" title="Broken Age">Broken Age</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Initiative_(company)" title="The Initiative (company)">The Initiative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(upcoming_video_game)" title="Perfect Dark (upcoming video game)">Perfect Dark</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/InXile_Entertainment" title="InXile Entertainment">inXile Entertainment</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tustin,_California" title="Tustin, California">Tustin, California</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale" title="The Bard's Tale">The Bard's Tale</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wasteland_(series)" title="Wasteland (series)">Wasteland</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hunted:_The_Demon%27s_Forge" title="Hunted: The Demon's Forge">Hunted: The Demon's Forge</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Clockwork_Revolution" title="Clockwork Revolution">Clockwork Revolution</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Halo_Studios" title="Halo Studios">Halo Studios</a> (formerly 343 Industries) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redmond,_Washington" title="Redmond, Washington">Redmond, Washington</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)">Halo</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mojang_Studios" title="Mojang Studios">Mojang Studios</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft_(franchise)" title="Minecraft (franchise)">Minecraft</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ninja_Theory" title="Ninja Theory">Ninja Theory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kung_Fu_Chaos" title="Kung Fu Chaos">Kung Fu Chaos</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hellblade:_Senua%27s_Sacrifice" title="Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice">Hellblade</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Edge_(video_game)" title="Bleeding Edge (video game)">Bleeding Edge</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment" title="Obsidian Entertainment">Obsidian Entertainment</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irvine,_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine, California</a> </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pillars_of_Eternity" title="Pillars of Eternity">Pillars of Eternity</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outer_Worlds" title="The Outer Worlds">The Outer Worlds</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grounded_(video_game)" title="Grounded (video game)">Grounded</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pentiment_(video_game)" title="Pentiment (video game)">Pentiment</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Playground_Games" title="Playground Games">Playground Games</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington Spa</a> </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Forza_Horizon_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forza Horizon (series)">Forza Horizon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fable_(upcoming_video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fable (upcoming video game)">Fable</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rare_(company)" title="Rare (company)">Rare</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Twycross" title="Twycross">Twycross</a> </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Battletoads" title="Battletoads">Battletoads</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Killer_Instinct" title="Killer Instinct">Killer Instinct</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie" title="Banjo-Kazooie">Banjo-Kazooie</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Conker_(series)" title="Conker (series)">Conker</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(series)" title="Perfect Dark (series)">Perfect Dark</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Viva_Pi%C3%B1ata" title="Viva Piñata">Viva Piñata</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Thieves" title="Sea of Thieves">Sea of Thieves</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Everwild_(video_game)" title="Everwild (video game)">Everwild</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turn_10_Studios" title="Turn 10 Studios">Turn 10 Studios</a> </td> <td>Redmond, Washington </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport" class="mw-redirect" title="Forza Motorsport">Forza Motorsport</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Undead_Labs" title="Undead Labs">Undead Labs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Decay" title="State of Decay">State of Decay</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Edge" title="World's Edge">World's Edge</a> </td> <td>Redmond, Washington </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires">Age of Empires</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Xbox Game Studios Publishing </td> <td>Redmond, Washington </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Sold or spun off</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Access_Software" title="Access Software">Access Software/Salt Lake Games Studio/Indie Games</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Links_(series)" title="Links (series)">Links</a></i> series — Sold to <a href="/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a> in 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)">Halo</a></i> series — Spun off in 2007<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lift_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Lift London">Lift London</a> — Removed from Microsoft's games business in 2019<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twisted_Pixel_Games" title="Twisted Pixel Games">Twisted Pixel Games</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gunstringer" title="The Gunstringer">The Gunstringer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/LocoCycle" title="LocoCycle">LocoCycle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Maw" title="The Maw">The Maw</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/%27Splosion_Man" title="'Splosion Man">'Splosion Man</a></i> — Spun off in 2015</li> <li>WingNut Interactive — <a href="/wiki/Peter_Jackson" title="Peter Jackson">Peter Jackson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> game studio — Sold to <a href="/wiki/WingNut_Films" title="WingNut Films">WingNut Films</a><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Closed or consolidated</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aces_Game_Studio" title="Aces Game Studio">Aces Game Studio</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator" title="Microsoft Flight Simulator">Microsoft Flight Simulator</a></i> series — Closed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BigPark" title="BigPark">BigPark</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Joy_Ride" title="Kinect Joy Ride">Kinect Joy Ride</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Sports:_Season_Two" title="Kinect Sports: Season Two">Kinect Sports: Season Two</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joy_Ride_Turbo" title="Joy Ride Turbo">Joy Ride Turbo</a></i> — Consolidated</li> <li>Carbonated Games — Closed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Anvil" title="Digital Anvil">Digital Anvil</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Brute_Force_(video_game)" title="Brute Force (video game)">Brute Force</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)" title="Freelancer (video game)">Freelancer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Starlancer" title="Starlancer">Starlancer</a></i> — Consolidated<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensemble_Studios" title="Ensemble Studios">Ensemble Studios</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires">Age of Empires</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Mythology" title="Age of Mythology">Age of Mythology</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_Wars" title="Halo Wars">Halo Wars</a></i> — Closed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FASA_Studio" title="FASA Studio">FASA Studio</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Skies" title="Crimson Skies">Crimson Skies</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/MechAssault" title="MechAssault">MechAssault</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_(video_game_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="MechWarrior (video game series)">MechWarrior</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Shadowrun_(2007_video_game)" title="Shadowrun (2007 video game)">Shadowrun</a></i> — Closed</li> <li>Good Science Studio — <i><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Adventures" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinect Adventures">Kinect Adventures</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Fun_Labs" title="Kinect Fun Labs">Kinect Fun Labs</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Star_Wars" title="Kinect Star Wars">Kinect Star Wars</a></i> — Consolidated</li> <li>Hired Gun — <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_2#Windows_version" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a></i> PC port — Consolidated<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionhead_Studios" title="Lionhead Studios">Lionhead Studios</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Fable_(video_game_series)" title="Fable (video game series)">Fable</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_%26_White_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black & White (series)">Black & White</a></i> series — Closed</li> <li>Microsoft Game Studios Japan — <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Dragon_(video_game)" title="Blue Dragon (video game)">Blue Dragon</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Every_Party" title="Every Party">Every Party</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Odyssey" title="Lost Odyssey">Lost Odyssey</a></i>, <i>Magatama</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Dust" title="Phantom Dust">Phantom Dust</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shenmue_II" title="Shenmue II">Shenmue II</a></i> Xbox port, <i><a href="/wiki/True_Fantasy_Live_Online" title="True Fantasy Live Online">True Fantasy Live Online</a></i> — Closed</li> <li>Microsoft Studios Victoria — Closed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_Play_(company)" title="Press Play (company)">Press Play</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Max:_The_Curse_of_Brotherhood" title="Max: The Curse of Brotherhood">Max: The Curse of Brotherhood</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kalimba_(video_game)" title="Kalimba (video game)">Kalimba</a></i> — Closed</li> <li>Team Dakota — <i><a href="/wiki/Project_Spark" title="Project Spark">Project Spark</a></i> — Consolidated</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Entertainment_Studios" title="Xbox Entertainment Studios">Xbox Entertainment Studios</a> — Closed</li> <li>Xbox Live Productions — Consolidated</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games_published">Games published</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xbox_Game_Studios&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Games published"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a 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title="World Collection">World Collection</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_technical_specifications" title="Xbox technical specifications">Technical specifications</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_launch" title="Xbox 360 launch">Launch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems" title="Xbox 360 technical problems">Technical problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_applications" title="List of Xbox 360 applications">Applications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_controller" title="Xbox 360 controller">Controller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_accessories" title="List of Xbox 360 accessories">Accessories</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_HD_DVD_Player" title="Xbox 360 HD 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10">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Hits" title="Platinum Hits">Platinum Hits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows" title="Games for Windows">Games for Windows</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Games_for_Windows_titles" title="List of Games for Windows titles">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Live" title="Games for Windows – Live">GFWL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Games_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Live_titles" title="List of Games for Windows – Live titles">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder" title="Microsoft SideWinder">Microsoft SideWinder</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkane_Studios" title="Arkane Studios">Arkane Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios" title="Bethesda Game Studios">Bethesda Game Studios</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethesda Game Studios Austin">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios_Dallas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethesda Game Studios Dallas">Dallas</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MachineGames" title="MachineGames">MachineGames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Online_Studios" title="ZeniMax Online Studios">ZeniMax Online Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> <ul><li>Activision Shanghai Studios</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beenox" title="Beenox">Beenox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonware" title="Demonware">Demonware</a></li> <li>Digital Legends Entertainment</li> <li>Elsewhere Entertainment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Moon_Studios" title="High Moon Studios">High Moon Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a></li> <li>Solid State 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Bob">Toys for Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundhouse_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Roundhouse Studios">Roundhouse Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unionization efforts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">Worker organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions#United_States" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions § United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Microsoft_Corporation" 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directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (Chairman and CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandi_Peterson" title="Sandi Peterson">Sandi Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Pritzker" title="Penny Pritzker">Penny Pritzker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Rodriguez" title="Carlos A. Rodriguez">Carlos A. Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Scharf" title="Charles Scharf">Charles Scharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Stanton" title="John W. Stanton">John W. Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Thompson" title="John W. Thompson">John W. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Walmsley" title="Emma Walmsley">Emma Walmsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmasree_Warrior" title="Padmasree Warrior">Padmasree Warrior</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senior leadership team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (CEO)</li> <li>Takeshi Numoto (CMO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Guthrie" title="Scott Guthrie">Scott Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Dybeck_Happe" title="Carolina Dybeck Happe">Carolina Dybeck Happe</a> (COO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Hood" title="Amy Hood">Amy Hood</a> (CFO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)" title="Kevin Scott (computer scientist)">Kevin Scott</a> (CTO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Smith_(American_lawyer)" title="Brad Smith (American lawyer)">Brad Smith</a> (CLO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Shum" title="Harry Shum">Harry Shum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hogan" title="Kathleen Hogan">Kathleen Hogan</a> (CPO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corporate VPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Belfiore" title="Joe Belfiore">Joe Belfiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a> (SVP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cernuda" title="César Cernuda">César Cernuda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Employee groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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HoloLens">HoloLens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LifeCam" title="LifeCam">LifeCam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Surface" title="Microsoft Surface">Surface</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Duo" title="Surface Duo">Duo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Go" title="Surface Go">Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Hub" title="Surface Hub">Hub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Laptop" title="Surface Laptop">Laptop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Laptop_Go" title="Surface Laptop Go">Laptop Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Neo" title="Surface Neo">Neo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Pro" title="Surface Pro">Pro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Studio" title="Surface Studio">Studio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_software" title="List of Microsoft software">Software</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Basic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/AL" title="C/AL">C/AL a.k.a. 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Store">Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Translator" title="Microsoft Translator">Translator</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conferences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Build" title="Microsoft Build">Build</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Ignite" title="Microsoft Ignite">Ignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Inspire" title="Microsoft Inspire">Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIX_(Microsoft)" title="MIX (Microsoft)">MIX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Developers_Conference" title="Professional Developers Conference">PDC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Hardware_Engineering_Conference" title="Windows Hardware Engineering Conference">WinHEC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.NET_Foundation" title=".NET Foundation">.NET Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Digital_Crimes_Unit" title="Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit">Digital Crimes Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_engineering_groups" title="Microsoft engineering groups">Engineering groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Mobile" title="Microsoft Mobile">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skype_Technologies" title="Skype Technologies">Skype unit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Gaming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xbox Game Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Garage" title="Microsoft Garage">Garage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outercurve_Foundation" title="Outercurve Foundation">Outercurve Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Press" title="Microsoft Press">Press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Research" title="Microsoft Research">Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store_(retail)" title="Microsoft Store (retail)">Retail stores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Estates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_campus" title="Microsoft campus">Microsoft campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Egypt" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft" title="Criticism of Microsoft">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Bundling of Microsoft Windows">Bundling of Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_Assistant" title="Office Assistant">Clippy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ILoo#Reaction" title="ILoo">iLoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Security_vulnerabilities" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSAKEY" title="NSAKEY">_NSAKEY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Criticism of Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_XP" title="Criticism of Windows XP">XP</a></li> 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Microsoft Corp.">Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp." title="Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.">Apple v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Commission" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Commission">Microsoft v. Commission</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FTC_v._Microsoft" title="FTC v. Microsoft">FTC v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com,_Inc." title="Microsoft Corp. v. Lindows.com, Inc.">Microsoft v. Lindows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft" title="Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft">Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Shah" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Shah">Microsoft v. Shah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp." title="United States v. Microsoft Corp.">United States v. 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