In what is one the biggest deals of this coming console generation, Microsoft named Cryptic Studios, the creative force behind PC hit City of Heroes, the developer of its upcoming Marvel-based MMO game for Xbox 360 and PC
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
It seems like the 360 will become the console of choice for MMOs. This shouldn't take anybody as a surprise. So far we know nothing about the Sony's or Nintendo's online network, if there is such thing.
City of Heroes is one of the better MMO's on the market. This has soooo much potential. Hopefully with MGS helping they either overhaul the engine..or build a new one that takes advantage of the experience Crytic gained with City of Heroes. I'm also hoping that players can use the marvel heroes...and that the characters move like they "should" (spidey's web-slinging animations should be like the ones in the Activision games, Each character or at least the major ones..have their on individual animations for walking, flying, fighting..etc). Having a great story is good and I'm happy to hear it. I hope they have a HUGE server for this allow much more than 16 players in a game...100+ like Huxley is rumored to have would we sweet. Not to mention the content that will be added via xbl. I could go on and on...bottomlike though...the POSSIBILITIES ARE TRULY ENDLESS!!