Ruh-roh.
Microsoft has said it hasn’t “pulled any games from PlayStation” following comments from Arkane developer Harvey Smith.
Speaking with IGN France about the upcoming Redfall, Smith said that after Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda, it “was a change with [a] capital C”.
“They came in and they said ‘No PlayStation 5, we’re focusing on Xbox, PC and the Game Pass’,” Smith continued.
The comments come at an inopportune time for Microsoft, which is currently fighting to get its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard over the line. Competitor Sony has alleged Microsoft “might release a PlayStation version of Call of Duty where bugs and errors emerge only on the game’s final level of after later updates” should the deal go through.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Microsoft has used titles like Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo — both contracted, timed-exclusives — to say it’s still publishing Bethesda titles on PS5.
“We haven’t pulled any games from PlayStation,” reads a statement from Microsoft. “In fact, we’ve expanded our footprint of games that we’ve shipped on Sony’s PlayStation since our acquisition of ZeniMax, and the first two games we shipped after closing were PlayStation 5 exclusives. We did the same thing since our closing of Minecraft as we extended the reach of that franchise.
“All of the games that were available on PlayStation when we acquired ZeniMax in March 2021 are still available on PlayStation, and we have continued to do content updates on PlayStation and PC. We have always said that future decisions on whether to distribute ZeniMax games for other consoles will be made on a case-by-case basis.”
Bethesda’s next big franchise, Starfield, will not be available on PS4 or PS5.
Expect Redfall from 2 May on Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. The title will also be part of Xbox and PC Game Pass. We previewed it here.
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Redfall2 May 2023PC Xbox Series S & X
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