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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has launched the Accessible Games Initiative, a cross-industry effort to provide clear information……

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It looks like Xbox is doing to do more film and TV shows It would appear that Microsoft is planning on doing more games and TV shows based on its Xbox IPs.  That’s according to its games boss, Phil Spencer, who told Variet y that the company is learning and growing in how to adapt its intellectual properties. This news comes ahead of the release of the long-in-development A Minecraft Movie but after two seasons of the critically shunned Halo TV sh…

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ID@Xbox has paid out $5bn to indie devs so far Microsoft’s indie support arm, ID@Xbox, has paid out over $5 billion to developers since the program’s inception in 2013.  The milestone was revealed by the scheme’s director, Guy Richards, over on Xbox Wire , who also announced that over 1,000 titles have been released through the program in the last year alone. Speaking to GameRant, Richards also revealed that ID@Xbox has collaborated with…

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Report: Ubisoft in talks with Microsoft, EA to sell IP AJ Investments, the Slovakian finance outfit, has once again got Ubisoft in its sights.  In a statement – reported by IGN – the minority shareholder claimed that the French publishing giant has been in discussions about selling some of its intellectual properties to suitors, including Microsoft and Electronic Arts. Furthermore, AJ Investments CEO Juraj Krúpa has said that…