• Jaysyn
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    21 days ago

    Microsoft makes games?

    • Linktank@lemmy.today
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      20 days ago

      They buy other companies that make games and then proceed to ruin everything about both.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice
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        20 days ago

        Microsoft has actually been a game company since before they made Windows. Microsoft Flight simulator came out in the early 80s

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            20 days ago

            Age of Empires I remember playing, Im sure there are others as well.

            Everyone always says the “fun fact” about minesweeper and solitare being made by Microsoft to ensure users learned how to point and click, left/right click, and drag and drop, but I would say that was more a means to an end than a video game development aim though.

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      20 days ago

      From the looks of this patent, no.

      • chiliedogg
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        20 days ago

        They bought ZeniMax (including Bethesda, Arkane, Tango Gameworks, and MachineGames) 6 years ago. They’ve since closed Arkane Austin, it looks like the rest of Arkane is on the chopping block, and Tango Gameworks was closed but then revived with about half ots former staff under new ownership (Krafton - so still not great) along with the rights of Hi-Fi Rish (but not the Evil Within or Ghostwire).

        • AustralianSimon
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          19 days ago

          Pretty sad but hopefully some of these developers start an indie studio.