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Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to cut seller fees on clothing items under $15 to 5% in January 2024 and $15 to $20 items to 10%, down from 17%, in a bid to compete with Shein — Amazon.com Inc. is sharply cutting fees for merchants selling clothing priced below $20, a sign it's hunkering down for a price war with Chinese fast-fashion upstart Shein. Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to cut seller fees on clothing items under $15 to 5% in January 2024 and $15 to $20 items to 10%, down…

Microsoft has reportedly been developing an Xbox mobile storefront that would allow users to bypass Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store and download games off its own application. Earlier this year, Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer, too, had revealed ahead of the annual Game Developer Conference that the company intended to launch its own app store for both iOS and Android. Now, Xbox is reportedly in talks with partners for the same.According to a Bloomberg report, Spencer claimed that the Xbox store app on…

Xbox is celebrating a new milestone for Starfield after Phil Spencer announced it's now seen over 12 million total players in the three months since launch. The Xbox head also talked about the future of the space exploration epic, comparing Bethesda's ambitions for the game to Skyrim's extended life cycle.Speaking at CCXP in Brazil, as picked up by IGN, Spencer celebrated Starfield's success since launch. "Starfield has now had over 12 million players since the launch of Starfield, and it still sits in…

At the 2023 Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Microsoft CEO Phil Spencer fielded questions about Xbox and its latest titles while revealing some interesting information about the current state of the gaming industry. We had previously received highlights of the event from a Bloomberg article, though with the full interview out, we’ve learned a lot more. One of the first things Spencer highlights is just how big the gaming industry is. In a world of 8 billion people, he claims 3.3 billion play video games. This means…

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has spoken up to say the company has "no plans" to bring Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo. This comes just days after Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said Microsoft's mission is to bring Xbox Game Pass to every screen that can play games, including PlayStation and Nintendo.What seems to be at odds here is the distinction between a "plan" and a "mission." Microsoft could very well have a "mission" to expand Game Pass to every screen imaginable, but a "plan" suggests it's…

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer recently spoke to Windows Central on the prospect of rejuvenating games from Activision-Blizzard's history now that the publisher owns the company, but stressed that the process is a delicate one with lots to consider."We look at the back catalog from Activision and Blizzard, we get really excited about the things we can do," Spencer said. "It's early days, so we need to be talking to the teams that are fully staffed and working on things already." The Xbox boss elaborated on how…

Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games won't appear on Xbox Game Pass until next year. On the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer claimed that players wouldn't be seeing a big drop of those titles immediately, due to the lengthy regulatory challenges the company faced in its buyout attempt. Since it was uncertain whether the acquisition would be approved by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) until recently, Xbox wasn't able to do the groundwork for adding the catalogue to…

Phil Spencer – CEO of Microsoft Gaming – is one of the few that are able to play Starfield ahead of the hoi polloi, though they’re seen not to be scoring any achievements in the sci-fi RPG. That will likely to be down to the fact that Starfield is in a phase where Bethesda‘s quality assurance testers are scouring this most recent build for bugs and reporting their recordings to the rest of the team. Spencer was spotted by fans playing Starfield through the social side of the Xbox Live app which shows which games are…

Early last year, Portsmouth-born, Canada-raised 19-year-old Lauren Spencer Smith scored a TikTok-assisted global hit with Fingers Crossed, a musically delicate, lyrically damning takedown of a useless ex with a serious case of daddy issues. Its success led to comparisons with Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo, specifically the latter’s Driver’s License, both songs favouring precise, diaristic songwriting that feels immediately relatable.Fingers Crossed forms the template for much of Spencer Smith’s debut album. Never Been…

Spencer Sutherland and Meghan Trainor are here to remind you to chill out, because we’re all ending up at the same destination, anyway. Playing off the fable of the flustered little bird, Sutherland premiered his new single “Chicken Little” with Rolling Stone Friday. Set in a laundromat transformed into a disco party, the In His Mania singer sweeps across the floor while singing the irreverent chorus: “Don’t take life too seriously because we all die/You won’t make it out alive even if you try/So live a little,…