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Xbox Game Studios Chief Matt Booty on ‘Beginning to Hit Our Stride,’ Game Pass Strategy, More ‘Fallout,’ Studio Closures and More
Fresh off the Xbox Games Showcase, Matt Booty talks subscription strategy, ‘Call of Duty,’ ‘Fallout,’ shuttering Tango Gameworks and more.
Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all of Xbox ’s studios, including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well as collaborations with third-party developers. “We started really in earnest with acquiring and building out our studios portfolio in 2018, and then we had the wonderful ZeniMax/Bethesda acquisition in 2021… and then [in the fall of 2023], bringing on board Activision, Blizzard and King. Xbox’s showcase marked the first time all of Microsoft’s recent gaming acquisitions were featured on the same stage — a factor Booty thinks greatly boosted fan excitement and analyst endorsement surrounding the “critical mass” of announcements.
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