Liveblog: Xbox Head Phil Spencer Talks About The Future Of Gaming On Windows And Xbox

Xbox head Phil Spencer is at GDC today to give a talk on the future of gaming and game development on the Windows and Xbox platforms.

It’s an interesting time for Microsoft’s gaming division. Windows 10 will bring unprecedented integration with the Xbox platform, letting you stream games running on Xbox One hardware to any PC. Meanwhile. the Xbox One is currently in second place in the current generation of consoles, though slashed prices seemed to boost demand toward the end of 2014. And with HoloLens on the way, Microsoft might become an early power-player in the VR/AR gaming ecosystem.

We’re here at the talk, and will update this post as Spencer provides interesting tidbits.

We got to see a bit of footage of Unreal Tournament running on DirectX 12.

Spencer says the upcoming DirectX 12 graphics API is improving CPU performance by as much as 50% and GPU performance by 20% in testing with partners.

There’s a new Xbox Live SDK available today for Windows game developers to start integrating Xbox social features into their games.

Cross-buy has been a thing for PlayStation gamers for quite some time, but there are far more Windows PCs out there than PlayStation Vitas.

Gamers will be able to buy a title on a Windows 10 device and play on their Xbox without two purchases.

Spencer is talking about the Windows Store.

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