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Joe Manganiello Wants D&D Icons To Honor The Creator Of Dungeons & Dragons

Joe Manganiello Wants D&D Icons To Honor The Creator Of Dungeons & Dragons https://ift.tt/3BEqbVQ Dungeons & Dragons has attracted several of the greatest storytellers of all time to the Forgotten Realms, and at Gen Con, Wizards of the Coast announced a new product line called D&D Icons to bring together creators to develop new stories for the tabletop franchise. True Blood actor Joe Manganiello has a long history with the franchise, and he serves as chief creative officer for the D&D Icons line. Speaking to GameSpot's Jessica Cogswell at Gen Con, Manganiello explained how he wants D&D Icons to continue the legacy of the game's co-creator, Gary Gygax. "I was asked one year ago today by [Head of Dungeons & Dragons] Dan Ayoub, 'What would you do if you had...' I brought up the possibility of there being this line within D&D, and he said, 'Okay, who would you want to work with?' I said, 'Margaret [Weis] and Tracy [Hickm...
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Microsoft's Strategy To "Spend Sony Out Of Business" Revealed In 2019 Internal Email

Microsoft's Strategy To "Spend Sony Out Of Business" Revealed In 2019 Internal Email https://ift.tt/wxalQqO

As part of the ongoing trial between the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft, an internal email from Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty encouraging Microsoft CFO Tim Stuart to "spend Sony out of business" has been made public. The email, which was sent in December 2019, explains Microsoft's aggressive acquisition plans, which almost resulted in the company purchasing Sega, Niantic, and Bungie.

In the email, first shared by The Verge, Booty writes, "We (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to go spend Sony out of business. If we think that video game content matters in 10 years, we might look back and say, 'Totally would have been worth it to lose $2B or $3B in 2020 to avoid a situation where Tencent, Google, Amazon, or even Sony have become the Disney of games and own most of the valuable content.""

Booty went on to explain how it is "practically impossible" for a company to start a new streaming service due to Disney's competitive holdings, before drawing a comparison between video streaming services and the future of the games industry:

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