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Microsoft Gaming releases video games on multiple platforms annually, including Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. The list does not retroactively include video games that were previously produced prior to being acquired by Microsoft.
Xbox Game Studios (formerly Microsoft Games, Microsoft Game Studios and Microsoft Studios) is an American video game publisher that is a division of Microsoft Gaming. The division was created in March 2000 and replaced Microsoft's internal Games Group.
List of Microsoft games: 1979–2000; List of Xbox Game Studios video games; List of Microsoft Gaming video games; List of Bethesda Softworks video games; List of Activision video games; List of Blizzard Entertainment games; List of King Games; List of games included with Windows
Microsoft Classic Board Games: Microsoft Windows: November 29, 2000: Oxford Softworks [5] Magic School Bus in Concert: Mac OS: 2000: KnowWonder Magic School Bus Lands on Mars: Mac OS: 2000: KnowWonder Metal Gear Solid: Microsoft Windows: 2000: Digital Dialect [6] Microsoft Baseball 2001: Microsoft Windows: 2000: Microsoft: Microsoft Casino ...
The best-selling game on the Xbox is Halo 2, first released in the United States on November 9, 2004. It went on to sell over 8.46 million copies worldwide. The first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved, was a launch title which ultimately became the second best-selling game, selling over 5 million copies.
Microsoft acquired the Norwegian enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008, for $1.191 billion (~$1.66 billion in 2023) to boost its search technology. [14] On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype Technologies, creator of the VoIP service Skype, for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023). [15]
If a game was released on multiple platforms, the sales figures list are only for PC sales. This list is not comprehensive because sales figures are not always publicly available. Subscription figures for massively multiplayer online games such as Flight Simulator or Lineage and number of accounts from free-to-play games such as Hearthstone are ...
Besides using direct funds to purchase items from the Xbox Games Store, Microsoft offered Xbox gift cards that could be purchased at retail outlets or included in game packages. These cards included a 25 alpha-numeric code that could be redeemed via the Xbox or on the web for specific content or towards Xbox Points to be used for purchase on ...