which will see it develop games using the US firm’s Azure cloud platform.
“We are very close with Microsoft and have a great relationship with its management team,” Utsumi said. “Microsoft particularly has a high regard for us. Xbox’s Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are really serious about values that video game fans emphasise.”Supergiant, Niantic and Zynga have also appeared on the Xbox maker's M&A watchlist in recent years
On several occasions, Microsoft gaming boss Spencer has publicly expressed a desire to purchase an Asian game developer,