Tag Archives: Exclusives

For a while there, it seemed as though both Microsoft and Epic Games were signing as many deals as they could to have games added to their respective platforms exclusively – for a period of time. Many indie devs praised these deals for offering greater stability and freedom for the …

In order to gain a foothold in the digital PC market, Epic Games employed a number of strategies following the official launch of its Epic Games Store, with the two most aggressive being the weekly offerings of free games as well as by making a bunch of PC games EGS …

During a press pre-briefing ahead of the Xbox and Bethesda showcase this weekend, the Xbox team made some interesting comments. While vaguely discussing the outlook for Xbox Game Studios over the next year, Microsoft plans to release at least five exclusives.  As reported by Windows Central, during the briefing, a …

Over the last couple of years, Sony has been slowly bringing some of its PlayStation franchises over to PC, starting off with Horizon Zero Dawn, Day's Gone and soon, Uncharted will be joining the ranks. This new PC strategy has been in the works for some time, but we're unlikely …

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Things have been relatively quiet on the ‘exclusives' front for the Epic Games Store recently but that is beginning to change. A number of indie titles that likely would have been announced for EGS at GDC this month have now been revealed, with nine new games coming to Epic's store.  …

Aside from a poor response to the initial Xbox One unveiling, Microsoft's current generation console has also struggled thanks to a slightly lacking first-party content output. The pieces are now in place to correct that for 2020 and beyond, with Xbox Game Studios head, Matt Booty, saying that the company …

Sony has done incredibly well during this console generation, in large part thanks to an impressive slate of exclusive games for the PS4. However, we could start to see a shakeup next generation thanks to Microsoft's new slate of first-party studios and the promise of PC and console releases. Sony …

Since launching Xbox Game Pass around two years ago, Microsoft has been expanding on its revolving library with its own exclusives, in addition to some big third-party titles from the likes of Bethesda, Square Enix and more. We've been hearing about plans to launch a PC version of Game Pass …

Over the last few months, Epic Games has been poaching plenty of games from Steam for its own store with timed exclusivity deals. In some examples, Epic Games has thrown so much money at developers that their games are profitable before they even launch. This strategy won't remain in place …

Over the last few months, we have seen more and more games jump from Steam over to the Epic Games Store with timed-exclusivity attached. This tends to cause quite a bit of controversy, especially if a Steam version of a game has already been announced. At GDC this year, Epic …

Epic Games has taken to a GDC 2019 Q&A to reveal that it will stop with its controversial year-long exclusivity deals in the future, after poor reception to its efforts with Metro Exodus and a number of other titles locked to its Store. CEO Tim Sweeney has also assured fans …

Microsoft has coasted through this generation so far, but at E3 this year, the Xbox team made it clear that it has rediscovered its fighting spirit.

It’s well known that each platform focuses heavily on exclusive games and their respective DLC, a delight to many of the system owners and a curse to those cut off from potentially enjoying what the game has to offer. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has spoken out against the idea …

Right from the get-go, HTC/Valve and Oculus have had fairly different approaches to the virtual reality market. While Oculus has been trying to push things along by paying developers for timed exclusivity deals, Valve has remained against such tactics. Now, HTC has also weighed in on the topic, stating that …

If you have a HTC Vive headset and want to continue playing those games Oculus has popped behind its storefront wall, you can do so with the latest version of the Revive driver. It's not a bad time to download it either, as Oculus is discounting a bunch of its …

Here on the PC, exclusive games isn't something we've ever really had to worry about but with the launch of VR, we have seen some games become exclusive to the Oculus Rift. Yesterday, someone figured out a way around that and got the Oculus exclusive title, Lucky's Tale, running on …

Microsoft has revealed that it won't lock outside developers from using its Azure Cloud technology, not even studios working on exclusive titles for competing platforms like the Wii U, PC or PlayStation 4. The comments specifically came from Phil Spencer, who has been heading The Xbox division since last year. …

Ever since Phil Spencer took charge of the Xbox division and made crucial changes to the console and its pricing, the sales gap between the PS4 and Xbox One has been closing up. Microsoft has also had its fair share of exclusives launch this year with the Halo Master Chief …

The Wii U is doing a lot better than it once was, thanks to a year of much stronger game releases, headed by the always fun – and soon to be updated with DLC – Mario Kart 8. However Nintendo isn't just pushing big, first party releases on its current …

Gamers are pretty used to the idea of platform exclusives on consoles and PC but it isn't something we've really had to deal with on mobile devices until recently, as now Apple and Google are battling over exclusivity deals with App developers more aggressively than ever. With gaming apps being …