Microsoft Announces Xbox “FastStart” + Five New Studios Joining Microsoft Studios

Xbox Game Pass exec­u­tive Ash­ley Spe­ich­er announced a new fea­ture for Xbox Game Pass mem­bers. It’s been called Fast­Start, and it’s designed to get sub­scribers play­ing their games, faster. Spe­ich­er also stat­ed this would be com­ing with the next June Xbox One update and will be applied to “select games.”

She also men­tioned three more titles that were added to Xbox Game Pass today includ­ing Fall­out 4, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tam­riel Unlim­it­ed and Tom Clan­cy’s The Division. 

Microsoft Stu­dios

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, announced there’ll be five new addi­tions to Microsoft Stu­dios, including:

• The Ini­tia­tive
• Undead Labs
• Play­ground Games
• Nin­ja Theory
• Com­pul­sion Games