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Ultimate Play the Game

1982-1987

Ultimate Play the Game logo

Rare was established as Ultimate in 1982.

Rare (first era)

1987–1991

Rare Logo 1987

This logo only appears in-game.

1991-1994

Rarelog

Rareware

1994-2003

File:Rareware.jpg

Rare (second era)

2003-2010

File:Rare '02.jpg

2010-2015

Rare logo

2015-present

Rare ltd 2015

On June 15, 2015, during Microsoft's conference at E3, Rare unveiled a new logo. The new logo takes elements from the 1994 logo.

Other

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  V • T • E 
Part of Microsoft Gaming

Developers
343 Industries | Mojang Studios | The Coalition | Turn 10 Studios | Rare | Playground Games | Compulsion Games | Double Fine | Ninja Theory | Undead Labs | Obsidian | InXile Entertainment | World's Edge | The Initiative

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Franchises
Banjo-Kazooie | Battletoads | Blinx | Conker | Crimson Skies | Killer Instinct | Perfect Dark | Project Gotham Racing | Viva Piñata | Wasteland

  V • T • E 
Main Series

Age of Empires (The Rise of Rome) | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (The Conquerors | The Forgotten | The African Kingdoms | Rise of the Rajas | Lords of the West | Dawn of the Dukes | Dynasties of India | The Return of Rome) | Age of Empires III (The WarChiefs | The Asian Dynasties | The African Royals | Knights of the Mediterranean) | Age of Empires IV

Spin-offs
Age of Mythology (The Titans) | Age of Empires: Castle Siege | Age of Empires Online

Developers
World's Edge | Big Huge Games | Ensemble Studios | Gas Powered Games | Robot Entertainment | Smoking Gun Interactive | Relic Entertainment

Aoe logo stacked-1080x608
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

Crackdown
  V • T • E 
Main series

Fable (2004) | Fable II | Fable III | Fable (upcoming)

Spin-offs
Fable: The Lost Chapters | Fable II Pub Games | Fable II: Game of the Year Edition | Fable: Coin Golf | Fable Heroes | Fable: The Journey | Fable Anniversary | Fable Fortune

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

FableSeries
  V • T • E 
Motorsport
Forza Motorsport (2005) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 (Apex) | 7 | Forza Motorsport (2023)

Horizon
Forza Horizon | 2 (Presents Fast & Furious) | 3 | 4 | 5

Street
Forza Street

Expansion packs
Horizon (Rally) | Horizon 2 (Presents Porsche | Storm Island) | Horizon 3 (Blizzard Mountain | Hot Wheels) | Horizon 4 (Fortune Island | LEGO Speed Champions) | Horizon 5 (Hot Wheels | Rally Adventure)

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

Forza logo 2020
  V • T • E 
Gears of War
Main Series

Gears of War | Gears of War 2 | Gears of War 3 | Gears of War 4 | Gears 5

Spin-offs
Gears Tactics | Gears Pop!

Developers
The Coalition | Epic Games | Mediatonic

Gears of warlogo
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Halo: Combat Evolved | Halo 2 | Halo 3 | Halo 4 | Halo 5: Guardians | Halo Infinite

Spin-offs
Halo Wars | Halo 3: ODST | Halo: Reach | Halo: Spartan Assault | Halo: Spartan Strike | Halo Wars 2

Other
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Apps
Halo Waypoint | Halo Channel

Film & Television
Halo Legends | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Halo: Nightfall | Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series | Halo (TV series)

Developers
343 Industries | Bungie | Gearbox Software | Ensemble Studios | Vanguard Games | Creative Assembly

HaloLogo2021
  V • T • E 
Games

Ori and the Blind Forest | Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Developer
Moon Studios

Ori Series
  V • T • E 
Games

1.0, 2.0, Macintosh | 3.0, 4.0 | 5.0, 5.1 | for Windows 95 | 98 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004: A Century of Flight | X | Flight Simulator (2020) | 2024

Related
Microsoft Flight

Developers
Sublogic | Bruce Artwick Organization | Aces Game Studio | Dovetail Games | Asobo Studio

Publishers
Microsoft | Dovetail Games | Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
  V • T • E 
Main Game Editions

Bedrock Edition | China Edition | Education | Java

Spin-offs
Dungeons | Legends

Discontinued versions
Apple TV | Earth | Fire TV | Gear VR | Legacy Console Edition | New Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo Switch | Pi | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation Vita | Reality | Story Mode | Wii U | Windows 10 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Servers
2b2t | Hypixel

Defunct servers: Mineplex

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

Others and related:
The Story of Mojang | Lego Minecraft | Minecraft Creeper Crunch | Launcher | Marketplace | Preview | Realms (Plus) | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  V • T • E 
2010 (Bellevue, WA) | 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) | 2012 (Disneyland Resort Paris) | 2013 (Orlando, FL) | 2015 (London) | 2016 (Anaheim, CA)


New MINECON Logo

Developers
Mojang Studios | 4J Studios | NetEase Games | Oracle | SkyBox Labs | Telltale Games

Minecraft-core-brand
  V • T • E 
Games

State of Decay | State of Decay 2 | State of Decay 3

Developers
Undead Labs

StateofDecay
  V • T • E 
Main Games

Zoo Tycoon | Dinosaur Digs | Marine Mania | Complete Collection

Zoo Tycoon 2 | Endangered Species | African Adventure | Dino Danger Pack | Marine Mania | Extinct Animals |
Zookeeper Collection | Ultimate Collection

Other Games
Zoo Tycoon DS | Zoo Tycoon 2 DS | Zoo Tycoon (2013) | Friends

Zoo Tycoon 2013

Defunct/former
Aces Game Studio | Bungie1 | BigPark2 | Carbonated Games | Digital Anvil | Ensemble Studios | FASA Studio | Function Studios3 | Good Science Studio3 | Hired Gun3 | Indie Built4 | Leap Experience Pioneers3 | Lift London2 | Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Studios Victoria | Press Play | Soho Productions3 | State of the Art3 | Team Dakota3 | Twisted Pixel Games1 | Xbox Live Productions3

Notes:
1 Became independent before becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022
2 Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments
3 consolidated
4 Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct

Xbox Game Studios (2021)
  V • T • E 
Apps, Software and Web Services

microsoft.com | Account | Authenticator | Bing (Chat | Maps) | Edge | GroupMe | Launcher | Movies & TV | Outlook.com (Calendar | Tasks) | Skype | To Do

  V • T • E 
A service of Microsoft

Dial-up | Food & Drink | Games | Health & Fitness | Money | News (Microsoft Start) | Travel | Weather

Former/Defunct:
MSNBC | Slate | Autos | MSN TV | Entertainment | Xinmsn | Sports

MSN 2014
  V • T • E 
A product of Microsoft

Standard
Access | Excel (Mac) | OneDrive (Business) | OneNote (Mac) | Outlook (Mac) | PowerPoint (Mac) | Publisher | Word (Mac | Viewer)

Business
Exchange | Planner | Project | SharePoint | Teams | Visio | Viva (Connections | Engage | Amplify | Insights | Glint | Pulse | Goals | Learning) | Bookings

Other
Delve | Designer | Forms | Graph | Lens | Lists | Sway | Flip | Loop | Lync Server | Visual Basic for Applications

Former/Discontinued
Office (365 | Mac | Online | Live)
Schedule+ | BookShelf | Binder | Vizact | Photo Editor | FrontPage | Data Analyzer | PhotoDraw | Accounting | Document Scanning | Document Imaging | Entourage | Expression Web | Clip Organizer | Picture Manager | Remote | SharePoint Workspace | Chart | InfoPath | Office Mobile | SharePoint Designer | Mix | Docs.com

Microsoft 365 (2022)
  V • T • E 
Current

IoT | Server | Server Essentials | Icons | 365 | One UI Book1

  V • T • E 
Current:

Accessory Center | Alarms & Clock | App Installer | BitLocker | Calculator | Camera | Clipchamp | Command Prompt | Component Services | Computer Management | Console Based Script Host | Copilot | Credential Manager | CTF Loader | Defender | Error Reporting | Device Manager | Disk Cleanup | Drive Optimizer | Driver Verifier | DVD Player1 | DxDiag | Event Viewer | Feedback Hub | File Explorer (3D Objects | Desktop | Documents | Downloads | Favorites | Folder | Links | Music | Network | Pictures | Recycle Bin | Saved Games | Searches | This PC | User's files | Videos) | Firewall | Font Viewer | Fresh Paint | Get Help | Get Started | Ink | Installer | iSCSI Initiator | Journal | Live Captions | Local Security Policy | Local Users and Groups | Magnifier | Management Console | Maps | Media Player | Memory Diagnostic | Messaging | Mobile Plans | Mobility Center | Money | Movies & TV | Narrator | Notepad | NsLookup | ODBC Data Sources | On-Screen Keyboard | Paint | Paint 3D | PC Health Check | Performance Monitor | Phone Link | Photos | Power Automate | PowerShell (ISE) | PowerToys | Print 3D | Private Character Editor | Quick Assist | Registry | Remote Desktop | Resource Monitor | Run | Search (Search Indexer) | Security and Maintenance | Services | Settings | Snipping Tool (Snip & Sketch) | Solitaire Collection | Speech Recognition | Start | Steps Recorder | Sticky Notes | Store | Support Diagnostic Tool | Sync Center | Sysprep | System Configuration | System Information | System Restore | Task Manager | Task Scheduler | Task View | Terminal | Tips | Tools | Update | Voice Recorder | Weather | Windows Subsystem for Linux (Android) | Whiteboard | Xbox | Xbox Game Bar

Former/Defunct/Deprecated:
3D Builder | 3D Viewer | Accessibility Wizard | Anytime Upgrade | Application Center 2000 | Backup and Restore | Calendar | CardSpace | CD Player | Character Map | Chat | Clipboard | ClipBook Viewer | Clock | Connection Manager | Console IME | Contacts | Control Panel | Cortana | DDE Share Manager | Desktop Gadget Gallery | Disk Management | Display Switch | DVD Maker | Easy Transfer | Fault Detection Utility | Fax | Fax and Scan | File Manager1 | Flicks Training | Food & Drink | Games (3D Pinball: Space Cadet | Chess Titans | FreeCell | Hearts | Hold 'Em | InkBall | Internet Backgammon | Internet Checkers | Internet Spades | Mahjong1 | Minesweeper1 | More Games from Microsoft | Purble Place | Reversi | Spider Solitaire) | Getting Started | Handwriting Recognition Error Reporting Wizard | Health & Fitness | Help + Tips | Homegroup | HyperTerminal | IExpress | Imaging | Internet Explorer | Journal | Mail | Math Input Panel | Media Center | Media Player Legacy | Meeting Space | Messaging | Messenger | Mixed Reality Portal | Mobile Device Center | Modem Monitor Applet | Movie Maker | MSDTC Console Program | My Briefcase | NetMeeting | Outlook Express | People | Personalize Handwriting Recognition | Phone Dialer | Photo Gallery | Program Information Editor | Program Manager | Reader | Reading List | Recovery Console | Reliability and Performance Monitor | Remote Assistance | Scanner1 | Sidebar | SideShow | Sports | SQL Server Client Network Utility | Synchronization Manager | System Policy Editor | Spooler | Tablet PC Input Panel | Tour | Travel | Ultimate Extras | Utility Manager | Video Editor | Virtual PC | Volume Mixer | Welcome Center | WordPad | Xbox Console Companion | Xbox Games | XPS Viewer | Zune

1 Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

Windows 11 Icon

Defunct/Deprecated
Embedded (Automotive | Compact | NavReady) | Games for Windows (Live) | Live (Essentials | Messenger) | Modular | WinFLP/WinTPC | Home Server | Marketplace | Mixed Reality | Phone (Store) | RT | Essential Business Server | Small Business Server | WinPad

  V • T • E 
Services

Agents | Alerts | Barcode | Calendar | Devices | Events | Expo | Family Safety | Favorites | Groups | Hotmail | ID | Live for Mobile | Mail | Mesh | Messenger | Movie Maker | Office Live | OneCare | People | Photo Gallery | Search | SkyDrive | Spaces | Toolbar | Writer

Windows Live logo

1 Developed by Samsung Electronics; software skin for Galaxy Book series

Windows 2021
  V • T • E 
Current:

Accessory Center | Alarms & Clock | App Installer | BitLocker | Calculator | Camera | Clipchamp | Command Prompt | Component Services | Computer Management | Console Based Script Host | Copilot | Credential Manager | CTF Loader | Defender | Error Reporting | Device Manager | Disk Cleanup | Drive Optimizer | Driver Verifier | DVD Player1 | DxDiag | Event Viewer | Feedback Hub | File Explorer (3D Objects | Desktop | Documents | Downloads | Favorites | Folder | Links | Music | Network | Pictures | Recycle Bin | Saved Games | Searches | This PC | User's files | Videos) | Firewall | Font Viewer | Fresh Paint | Get Help | Get Started | Ink | Installer | iSCSI Initiator | Journal | Live Captions | Local Security Policy | Local Users and Groups | Magnifier | Management Console | Maps | Media Player | Memory Diagnostic | Messaging | Mobile Plans | Mobility Center | Money | Movies & TV | Narrator | Notepad | NsLookup | ODBC Data Sources | On-Screen Keyboard | Paint | Paint 3D | PC Health Check | Performance Monitor | Phone Link | Photos | Power Automate | PowerShell (ISE) | PowerToys | Print 3D | Private Character Editor | Quick Assist | Registry | Remote Desktop | Resource Monitor | Run | Search (Search Indexer) | Security and Maintenance | Services | Settings | Snipping Tool (Snip & Sketch) | Solitaire Collection | Speech Recognition | Start | Steps Recorder | Sticky Notes | Store | Support Diagnostic Tool | Sync Center | Sysprep | System Configuration | System Information | System Restore | Task Manager | Task Scheduler | Task View | Terminal | Tips | Tools | Update | Voice Recorder | Weather | Windows Subsystem for Linux (Android) | Whiteboard | Xbox | Xbox Game Bar

Former/Defunct/Deprecated:
3D Builder | 3D Viewer | Accessibility Wizard | Anytime Upgrade | Application Center 2000 | Backup and Restore | Calendar | CardSpace | CD Player | Character Map | Chat | Clipboard | ClipBook Viewer | Clock | Connection Manager | Console IME | Contacts | Control Panel | Cortana | DDE Share Manager | Desktop Gadget Gallery | Disk Management | Display Switch | DVD Maker | Easy Transfer | Fault Detection Utility | Fax | Fax and Scan | File Manager1 | Flicks Training | Food & Drink | Games (3D Pinball: Space Cadet | Chess Titans | FreeCell | Hearts | Hold 'Em | InkBall | Internet Backgammon | Internet Checkers | Internet Spades | Mahjong1 | Minesweeper1 | More Games from Microsoft | Purble Place | Reversi | Spider Solitaire) | Getting Started | Handwriting Recognition Error Reporting Wizard | Health & Fitness | Help + Tips | Homegroup | HyperTerminal | IExpress | Imaging | Internet Explorer | Journal | Mail | Math Input Panel | Media Center | Media Player Legacy | Meeting Space | Messaging | Messenger | Mixed Reality Portal | Mobile Device Center | Modem Monitor Applet | Movie Maker | MSDTC Console Program | My Briefcase | NetMeeting | Outlook Express | People | Personalize Handwriting Recognition | Phone Dialer | Photo Gallery | Program Information Editor | Program Manager | Reader | Reading List | Recovery Console | Reliability and Performance Monitor | Remote Assistance | Scanner1 | Sidebar | SideShow | Sports | SQL Server Client Network Utility | Synchronization Manager | System Policy Editor | Spooler | Tablet PC Input Panel | Tour | Travel | Ultimate Extras | Utility Manager | Video Editor | Virtual PC | Volume Mixer | Welcome Center | WordPad | Xbox Console Companion | Xbox Games | XPS Viewer | Zune

1 Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

Windows 11 Icon

Business
Advertising | Azure | BizTalk Server | Cloud | Dynamics 365 | Fabric | Host Integration Server | LinkedIn | Planner | PowerApps | Power Automate | Power BI | Power Pages | Power Virtual Agents | System Center (Operations Manager) | SQL Server | Stream | Viva Engage

Development
Dev Home | Foundation Class Library | GitHub | .NET | Visual Studio (Code) | OpenAI

Gaming
DirectX | Havok | Start.gg

  V • T • E 
A brand of Microsoft Gaming

Consoles
Xbox (original) | Xbox 360 | Xbox One | Xbox Series X & S

Online
Xbox Network | Game Pass (Ultimate | PC | Core) (Cloud Gaming with Game Pass Ultimate | EA Play with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC | Deals with Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Core)

  V • T • E 
Part of Microsoft Gaming

Developers
343 Industries | Mojang Studios | The Coalition | Turn 10 Studios | Rare | Playground Games | Compulsion Games | Double Fine | Ninja Theory | Undead Labs | Obsidian | InXile Entertainment | World's Edge | The Initiative

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Franchises
Banjo-Kazooie | Battletoads | Blinx | Conker | Crimson Skies | Killer Instinct | Perfect Dark | Project Gotham Racing | Viva Piñata | Wasteland

  V • T • E 
Main Series

Age of Empires (The Rise of Rome) | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (The Conquerors | The Forgotten | The African Kingdoms | Rise of the Rajas | Lords of the West | Dawn of the Dukes | Dynasties of India | The Return of Rome) | Age of Empires III (The WarChiefs | The Asian Dynasties | The African Royals | Knights of the Mediterranean) | Age of Empires IV

Spin-offs
Age of Mythology (The Titans) | Age of Empires: Castle Siege | Age of Empires Online

Developers
World's Edge | Big Huge Games | Ensemble Studios | Gas Powered Games | Robot Entertainment | Smoking Gun Interactive | Relic Entertainment

Aoe logo stacked-1080x608
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

Crackdown
  V • T • E 
Main series

Fable (2004) | Fable II | Fable III | Fable (upcoming)

Spin-offs
Fable: The Lost Chapters | Fable II Pub Games | Fable II: Game of the Year Edition | Fable: Coin Golf | Fable Heroes | Fable: The Journey | Fable Anniversary | Fable Fortune

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

FableSeries
  V • T • E 
Motorsport
Forza Motorsport (2005) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 (Apex) | 7 | Forza Motorsport (2023)

Horizon
Forza Horizon | 2 (Presents Fast & Furious) | 3 | 4 | 5

Street
Forza Street

Expansion packs
Horizon (Rally) | Horizon 2 (Presents Porsche | Storm Island) | Horizon 3 (Blizzard Mountain | Hot Wheels) | Horizon 4 (Fortune Island | LEGO Speed Champions) | Horizon 5 (Hot Wheels | Rally Adventure)

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

Forza logo 2020
  V • T • E 
Gears of War
Main Series

Gears of War | Gears of War 2 | Gears of War 3 | Gears of War 4 | Gears 5

Spin-offs
Gears Tactics | Gears Pop!

Developers
The Coalition | Epic Games | Mediatonic

Gears of warlogo
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Halo: Combat Evolved | Halo 2 | Halo 3 | Halo 4 | Halo 5: Guardians | Halo Infinite

Spin-offs
Halo Wars | Halo 3: ODST | Halo: Reach | Halo: Spartan Assault | Halo: Spartan Strike | Halo Wars 2

Other
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Apps
Halo Waypoint | Halo Channel

Film & Television
Halo Legends | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Halo: Nightfall | Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series | Halo (TV series)

Developers
343 Industries | Bungie | Gearbox Software | Ensemble Studios | Vanguard Games | Creative Assembly

HaloLogo2021
  V • T • E 
Games

Ori and the Blind Forest | Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Developer
Moon Studios

Ori Series
  V • T • E 
Games

1.0, 2.0, Macintosh | 3.0, 4.0 | 5.0, 5.1 | for Windows 95 | 98 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004: A Century of Flight | X | Flight Simulator (2020) | 2024

Related
Microsoft Flight

Developers
Sublogic | Bruce Artwick Organization | Aces Game Studio | Dovetail Games | Asobo Studio

Publishers
Microsoft | Dovetail Games | Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
  V • T • E 
Main Game Editions

Bedrock Edition | China Edition | Education | Java

Spin-offs
Dungeons | Legends

Discontinued versions
Apple TV | Earth | Fire TV | Gear VR | Legacy Console Edition | New Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo Switch | Pi | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation Vita | Reality | Story Mode | Wii U | Windows 10 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Servers
2b2t | Hypixel

Defunct servers: Mineplex

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

Others and related:
The Story of Mojang | Lego Minecraft | Minecraft Creeper Crunch | Launcher | Marketplace | Preview | Realms (Plus) | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  V • T • E 
2010 (Bellevue, WA) | 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) | 2012 (Disneyland Resort Paris) | 2013 (Orlando, FL) | 2015 (London) | 2016 (Anaheim, CA)


New MINECON Logo

Developers
Mojang Studios | 4J Studios | NetEase Games | Oracle | SkyBox Labs | Telltale Games

Minecraft-core-brand
  V • T • E 
Games

State of Decay | State of Decay 2 | State of Decay 3

Developers
Undead Labs

StateofDecay
  V • T • E 
Main Games

Zoo Tycoon | Dinosaur Digs | Marine Mania | Complete Collection

Zoo Tycoon 2 | Endangered Species | African Adventure | Dino Danger Pack | Marine Mania | Extinct Animals |
Zookeeper Collection | Ultimate Collection

Other Games
Zoo Tycoon DS | Zoo Tycoon 2 DS | Zoo Tycoon (2013) | Friends

Zoo Tycoon 2013

Defunct/former
Aces Game Studio | Bungie1 | BigPark2 | Carbonated Games | Digital Anvil | Ensemble Studios | FASA Studio | Function Studios3 | Good Science Studio3 | Hired Gun3 | Indie Built4 | Leap Experience Pioneers3 | Lift London2 | Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Studios Victoria | Press Play | Soho Productions3 | State of the Art3 | Team Dakota3 | Twisted Pixel Games1 | Xbox Live Productions3

Notes:
1 Became independent before becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022
2 Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments
3 consolidated
4 Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct

Xbox Game Studios (2021)

Other
ID@Xbox | Xbox (Windows app) (Game Bar) | Xbox on Windows

Defunct
Games with Gold | Kinect1 | TeamXbox | Voice Studio | Xbox Console Companion (SmartGlass) | Xbox Entertainment Studios | Xbox Live Arcade | Xbox Live Labs | Xbox Music | Xbox Originals | Xbox Store2

Notes:
1Later reintroduced as a Microsoft Azure product.
2Folded into Microsoft Store

Xbox 2019
  V • T • E 
Part of Microsoft Gaming

Developers
343 Industries | Mojang Studios | The Coalition | Turn 10 Studios | Rare | Playground Games | Compulsion Games | Double Fine | Ninja Theory | Undead Labs | Obsidian | InXile Entertainment | World's Edge | The Initiative

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Franchises
Banjo-Kazooie | Battletoads | Blinx | Conker | Crimson Skies | Killer Instinct | Perfect Dark | Project Gotham Racing | Viva Piñata | Wasteland

  V • T • E 
Main Series

Age of Empires (The Rise of Rome) | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (The Conquerors | The Forgotten | The African Kingdoms | Rise of the Rajas | Lords of the West | Dawn of the Dukes | Dynasties of India | The Return of Rome) | Age of Empires III (The WarChiefs | The Asian Dynasties | The African Royals | Knights of the Mediterranean) | Age of Empires IV

Spin-offs
Age of Mythology (The Titans) | Age of Empires: Castle Siege | Age of Empires Online

Developers
World's Edge | Big Huge Games | Ensemble Studios | Gas Powered Games | Robot Entertainment | Smoking Gun Interactive | Relic Entertainment

Aoe logo stacked-1080x608
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

Crackdown
  V • T • E 
Main series

Fable (2004) | Fable II | Fable III | Fable (upcoming)

Spin-offs
Fable: The Lost Chapters | Fable II Pub Games | Fable II: Game of the Year Edition | Fable: Coin Golf | Fable Heroes | Fable: The Journey | Fable Anniversary | Fable Fortune

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

FableSeries
  V • T • E 
Motorsport
Forza Motorsport (2005) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 (Apex) | 7 | Forza Motorsport (2023)

Horizon
Forza Horizon | 2 (Presents Fast & Furious) | 3 | 4 | 5

Street
Forza Street

Expansion packs
Horizon (Rally) | Horizon 2 (Presents Porsche | Storm Island) | Horizon 3 (Blizzard Mountain | Hot Wheels) | Horizon 4 (Fortune Island | LEGO Speed Champions) | Horizon 5 (Hot Wheels | Rally Adventure)

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

Forza logo 2020
  V • T • E 
Gears of War
Main Series

Gears of War | Gears of War 2 | Gears of War 3 | Gears of War 4 | Gears 5

Spin-offs
Gears Tactics | Gears Pop!

Developers
The Coalition | Epic Games | Mediatonic

Gears of warlogo
  V • T • E 
Main Series

Halo: Combat Evolved | Halo 2 | Halo 3 | Halo 4 | Halo 5: Guardians | Halo Infinite

Spin-offs
Halo Wars | Halo 3: ODST | Halo: Reach | Halo: Spartan Assault | Halo: Spartan Strike | Halo Wars 2

Other
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Apps
Halo Waypoint | Halo Channel

Film & Television
Halo Legends | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Halo: Nightfall | Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series | Halo (TV series)

Developers
343 Industries | Bungie | Gearbox Software | Ensemble Studios | Vanguard Games | Creative Assembly

HaloLogo2021
  V • T • E 
Games

Ori and the Blind Forest | Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Developer
Moon Studios

Ori Series
  V • T • E 
Games

1.0, 2.0, Macintosh | 3.0, 4.0 | 5.0, 5.1 | for Windows 95 | 98 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004: A Century of Flight | X | Flight Simulator (2020) | 2024

Related
Microsoft Flight

Developers
Sublogic | Bruce Artwick Organization | Aces Game Studio | Dovetail Games | Asobo Studio

Publishers
Microsoft | Dovetail Games | Xbox Game Studios Publishing

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
  V • T • E 
Main Game Editions

Bedrock Edition | China Edition | Education | Java

Spin-offs
Dungeons | Legends

Discontinued versions
Apple TV | Earth | Fire TV | Gear VR | Legacy Console Edition | New Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo Switch | Pi | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation Vita | Reality | Story Mode | Wii U | Windows 10 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Servers
2b2t | Hypixel

Defunct servers: Mineplex

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

Others and related:
The Story of Mojang | Lego Minecraft | Minecraft Creeper Crunch | Launcher | Marketplace | Preview | Realms (Plus) | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  V • T • E 
2010 (Bellevue, WA) | 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) | 2012 (Disneyland Resort Paris) | 2013 (Orlando, FL) | 2015 (London) | 2016 (Anaheim, CA)


New MINECON Logo

Developers
Mojang Studios | 4J Studios | NetEase Games | Oracle | SkyBox Labs | Telltale Games

Minecraft-core-brand
  V • T • E 
Games

State of Decay | State of Decay 2 | State of Decay 3

Developers
Undead Labs

StateofDecay
  V • T • E 
Main Games

Zoo Tycoon | Dinosaur Digs | Marine Mania | Complete Collection

Zoo Tycoon 2 | Endangered Species | African Adventure | Dino Danger Pack | Marine Mania | Extinct Animals |
Zookeeper Collection | Ultimate Collection

Other Games
Zoo Tycoon DS | Zoo Tycoon 2 DS | Zoo Tycoon (2013) | Friends

Zoo Tycoon 2013

Defunct/former
Aces Game Studio | Bungie1 | BigPark2 | Carbonated Games | Digital Anvil | Ensemble Studios | FASA Studio | Function Studios3 | Good Science Studio3 | Hired Gun3 | Indie Built4 | Leap Experience Pioneers3 | Lift London2 | Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Studios Victoria | Press Play | Soho Productions3 | State of the Art3 | Team Dakota3 | Twisted Pixel Games1 | Xbox Live Productions3

Notes:
1 Became independent before becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022
2 Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments
3 consolidated
4 Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct

Xbox Game Studios (2021)
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Part of Microsoft Gaming

Developers
Alpha Dog Games | Arkane Studios (Austin) | Bethesda Game Studios (Austin | Dallas | Montreal) | id Software | MachineGames | Roundhouse Studios | Tango Gameworks | ZeniMax Online Studios

Publishers
Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Europe | ZeniMax Asia)

Franchises
Commander Keen | Dishonored | The Evil Within | Ghostwire: Tokyo | Hi-Fi Rush | Quake | RAGE | Redfall | Starfield | Wolfenstein

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A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

Video games:Doom | Doom 2 | Final Doom | Doom 64 | Doom 3 | Doom (2016) | Eternal
Films: Doom | Doom Annihilation

Developers: id Software | TeamTNT (Final) | Midway Games (64)
Publishers: GT Interactive Software (Doom, 2) | id Software (Final) | Midway Games (64) | Activision (3) | Bethesda (2016, Eternal)

Doom

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A Bethesda Softworks franchise

Main
Fallout | Fallout 2 | Fallout 3 | Fallout: New Vegas | Fallout 4 (VR)

Other
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout Shelter | Fallout 76

Cancelled
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 | Fallout Extreme

Television series
Fallout (TV series)

Developers
Black Isle Studios | Interplay Entertainment | 14 Degrees East | Bethesda Game Studios | Obsidian Entertainment

Publishers
Interplay Entertainment | Bethesda Softworks

Fallout logo
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A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

Main Games
Arena | Daggerfall | Morrowind (Tribunal | Bloodmoon) | Oblivion (Knights of the Nine | Shivering Isles) | Skyrim (Dawnguard | Hearthfire | Dragonborn)

Other Games
Battlespire | Redguard | Stormhold | Dawnstar | Shadowkey | Online | Legends

Upcoming
The Elder Scrolls VI

The Elder Scrolls 2011

Defunct subsidiaries
e-Nexus Studios | Mediatech West | Mud Duck Productions | Vir2L Studios | XL Translab

ZeniMax Media Print
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Part of Microsoft Gaming
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Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Developers
Activision Central Tech | Activision Shanghai Studio | Beenox | Demonware | Digital Legends Entertainment | High Moon Studios | Infinity Ward | Radical Entertainment | Raven Software | Sledgehammer Games | Solid State Studios | Treyarch

Franchises

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Main

Call of Duty | Call of Duty 2 | Call of Duty 3 | 4: Modern Warfare (Remastered) | World at War | Modern Warfare 2 (Campaign Remastered) | Black Ops | Modern Warfare 3 | Black Ops II | Ghosts | Advanced Warfare | Black Ops III | Infinite Warfare | WWII | Black Ops 4 | Modern Warfare (2019) | Black Ops Cold War | Vanguard | Modern Warfare II | Modern Warfare III

Warzone
Warzone (DMZ) | Mobile

Other
United Offensive | Finest Hour | 2: Big Red One | Roads to Victory | World at War – Final Fronts | Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition | Modern Warfare: Mobilized | Modern Warfare 3: Defiance | Black Ops: Declassified | Strike Team | Infinite Warfare: Jackal Assault | Mobile

Developers
Activision | Activision Central Tech | Activision Shanghai Studio | Arkane Studios | Beenox | Demonware | The Blast Furnace | Digital Legends Entertainment | High Moon Studios | Infinity Ward | nStigate Games | Raven Software | Sledgehammer Games | Spark Unlimited | Solid State Studios | Toys For Bob | Treyarch | TiMi Studios | Garena

Defunct video games
Heroes | Online (China only) | Warzone Caldera

Call of Duty 2023
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Platform:
Crash Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | Crash Bandicoot: Warped | Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex | Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure | Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced | Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage | Crash Twinsanity | Crash of the Titans | Crash: Mind Over Mutant | Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Racing:
Crash Team Racing | Crash Nitro Kart | Crash Tag Team Racing | Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled

Party:
Crash Bash | Crash Boom Bang! | Crash Team Rumble

Mobile:
Crash Twinsanity | Crash Bandicoot | Crash Of The Titans | Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island | Crash Nitro Kart | Crash Racing | Crash Nitro Kart 2 | Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D | Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 | Crash Boom Bang! | Crash Bandicoot Party Games | Chokkan Crash Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot: On The Run

Crash Bandicoot 2020
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Main

Guitar Hero | Guitar Hero II | III: Legends of Rock | World Tour | 5 | Warriors of Rock | Live

Other
Aerosmith | Arcade | Band Hero | DJ Hero | DJ Hero 2 | Encore: Rocks the 80s | Metallica | Smash Hits | Van Halen

Developers and Publishers
Activision | FreeStyleGames | Harmonix | Neversoft | Vicarious Visions

GuitarHero2015
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Main

Spyro's Adventure | Giants | Swap Force | Trap Team | SuperChargers | Imaginators

Other
Universe | Cloud Patrol | Lost Islands | Battlegrounds | Battlecast | Ring of Heroes

Developers
Activision | Beenox | Toys For Bob | Vicarious Visions

Skylanders Logo
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Main Games

Spyro the Dragon | Ripto's Rage! | Year of the Dragon | Enter the Dragonfly | A Hero's Tail
A New Beginning | The Eternal Night | Dawn of the Dragon | Reignited Trilogy

Handheld Games
Season of Ice | Season of Flame | Attack of the Rhynocs | The Cortex Conspiracy | Shadow Legacy

Mobile Games
Spyro | Ripto Quest | Spyro the Dragon

Spyro Logo 2018
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Main

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | Pro Skater 2 | Pro Skater 3 | Pro Skater 4 | Underground | Underground 2 | American Wasteland | Project 8 | Proving Ground | Pro Skater 5

Other
American Sk8land | Downhill Jam | Motion | Ride | Shred | Vert | Pro Skater HD | Shred Session | Pro Skater 1 + 2

Related companies
Activision | Neversoft | Treyarch | Robomodo | Vicarious Visions | Shaba Games | Gearbox Software | Aspyr Media | Beenox | LTI Gray Matter

TonyHawks

Defunct/Former
Bizarre Creations | Behaviour Santiago | Budcat Creations | Destiny (franchise)1 | Gray Matter Studios | FreeStyleGames | Fun Labs | Luxoflux | Massive Entertainment | Neversoft | RedOctane | Shaba Games | Sierra Entertainment | Toys For Bob | Underground Development | Vicarious Visions

1 Now published by Bungie

Activision

Blizzard Entertainment:
Franchises
Diablo | Hearthstone | Heroes of the Storm | Overwatch | StarCraft | Warcraft

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Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

AlphaBetty Saga | Blossom Blast Saga | Bubble Witch Saga | Bubble Witch 2 Saga | Bubble Witch 3 Saga | Candy Crush Saga | Candy Crush Jelly Saga | Candy Crush Soda Saga | Candy Crush Friends Saga | Crash Bandicoot: Crash on The Run | Diamond Diaries Saga | Diamond Digger Saga | Farm Heroes Saga | Farm Heroes Super Saga | Legend of Solgard | Papa Pear Saga | Luna Light Saga | Paradise Bay | Pepper Panic Saga | Pet Rescue Saga | Pet Rescue Puzzle Saga | Pyramid Solitaire Saga | Scrubby Dubby Saga | Shuffle Cats
King logo

Film, television production and distribution company
Activision Blizzard Studios

Other
Activision Blizzard Consumer Products | Activision Blizzard Media | Activision Blizzard eSports | Major League Gaming

Defunct
7 Studios | Activision Value Publishing | Berkeley Systems | Bizarre Creations | The Blast Furnace | Budcat Creations | Dynamix | Fox Interactive | Knowledge Adventure | Luxoflux | Neversoft | Overwatch League | RedOctane | Shaba Games | Sierra Online Games Group | Underground Development | Universal Interactive | Vicarious Visions (Alchemy) | Vivendi Games (Mobile) | Yosemite Entertainment

Activision Blizzard

Hardware
HoloLens | Surface

Conventions
Build

Other
BlueTrack Technology | Clipchamp | Flip | ImagineCup | Press | Research | Store (Xbox) | Student Partners | Volume Licensing | Xandr | Learn

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Projects

AutoTag | Arrow Launcher | Cache | Citizen Next | Clip Layer | Collaborate | Color Binoculars | DealWatcher | Developer Assistant | DevSpace | Email Insights | FindTime | Floatz | Flower Recognition | Hearing AI | HiveOut| Home Team | Hub Keyboard | InstaNote | Invite | Join Conference | Journeys & Notes | Kaizala | Keyboard for Excel | Lost Turtle | Maker.js | Mimicker Alarm | Mouse Without Borders | MyMoustache.net | News Pro | Next Lock Screen | Nova Bacon | Parchi | Personal Shopping Assistant | Photo Story | Picturesque Lock Screen | Plumbago | Project Córdoba | Project Copenhagen | Project Lively | Project Oceana | Project Santorini | Reach Me | Receipt Tracker | SandDance | Script Lab | Send | Sight Sign | SMS Organizer | Snap to Pin | Snip | SNIPP3t | Social Share | Sound Stack | Sprightly | SquadWatch | Student Planner | Tetra Lock Screen | Thinga.Me | Torque | TossUp | Twist | Voice Commander | What Dog | Write Ideas | Word Flow Keyboard | Work Item Studio | Your Weather

Ms garage

Defunct/Discontinued
ActiMates | at Work | Azure Kinect DK2 | Band (Smartwatch | App) | Channel 9 | CodePlex | Commerce Center | Content Management Server | Cortana | Developer Network | DreamWorks Interactive | Expedia | Bob | Expression (Blend | Design | Encoder | Media | Studio | Web) | Encarta | Imagine | Kin | HealthVault | Home | Internet Explorer for Mac | LinkExchange | MIX | Mixer (Create) | MixRadio | Mobile (Lumia | Nokia1) | 86-DOS | MS-DOS (DOS/V) | MSN TV | Microsoft OS/2 | PixelSense | Popfly | Professional Developers Conference | Reader | SILK | Silverlight | Skype for Business | Skype Qik | So.cl | Store (Retail) | Sunrise | Tay | TechEd | TechNet | TouchDevelop | Unplugged | WinHEC | Works | Wunderlist | XNA

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Products

Deepfish | Listas | Pivot | Photosynth | SeaDragon | Volta

Successor
Microsoft Research

Microsoft-Live-Labs

Notes:
1Nokia phone brand licensing was sold to Human Mobile Devices in 2016. The original Nokia company continues to exist.
2Developer Kit hardware was discontinued in 2023. Azure Kinect technologies continued to be licensed to its partners.

Microsoft (2012)

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