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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he wants to see more digital retailers on the console, such as the Epic Games Store and Itch.io. When asked by Polygon if he could see these storefronts on the platform at some point in the future, Spencer said he believed console players would benefit from more options. There's real value in that."

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

In-game models used in the cutscenes are obviously not suitable for close-up cutscenes in terms of texture or polygon quality. By publishing Lost Ark and targeting core MMO cohorts (primarily 25+ male gamers on PC), Amazon aimed to test the water on MMO in the Western market and see whether they could break the dominance of WoW and FF14.