Microsoft Gaming chief Phil Spencer has been doing a few interviews as 2024 draws to a close, celebrating Microsoft's generally strong lineup of games over the year while also warning that the PC-heavy lineup is "historical" and an "anomaly" following the $69 billion Activision-Blizzard acquisition.

"I want it to have a unique point of view. I don't want it to be, like, the third level that you cut before you launched."

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has explained 'Avowed's delay to February 2025 was not because Obsidian "needed the time", but was instead because the publisher wanted to spread out its releases.