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Project Spartan

2015 (beta)

Spartan was the codename for a new web browser developed by Microsoft included with Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge

2015–present

On April 29, 2015 at Microsoft's Build Conference, the company revealed that Spartan would be officially named Microsoft Edge, with a logo reminiscent of Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft

Apps, Software and Web Services

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MSN

A service of Microsoft

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Microsoft 365

A product of Microsoft

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Windows

Current

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Microsoft Windows apps

Current:

¹ Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

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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

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

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Microsoft Windows apps

Current:

¹ Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

Gaming
DirectX | Havok | Start.gg

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Xbox

A brand of Microsoft Gaming

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

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Xbox Game Studios

Part of Microsoft Gaming

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

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Age of Empires

Main Series

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

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Crackdown

Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

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Fable

Main series

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

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

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Forza

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

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

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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

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Halo

Main Series

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)

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Ori

Games

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

Developer
Moon Studios

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Microsoft Flight Simulator

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

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Minecraft

Main Game Editions

Bedrock Edition | China Edition | Education | Java

Spin-offs
Dungeons | Legends

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Servers
2b2t | Hypixel

Defunct servers: Mineplex

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

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

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State of Decay

Games

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

Developers
Undead Labs

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Zoo Tycoon

Main Games

Zoo Tycoon | Dinosaur Digs | Marine Mania | Complete Collection

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

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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

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

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

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Xbox Game Studios

Part of Microsoft Gaming

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

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Age of Empires

Main Series

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

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Crackdown

Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

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Fable

Main series

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

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

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Forza

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

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

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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

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Halo

Main Series

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)

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Ori

Games

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

Developer
Moon Studios

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Microsoft Flight Simulator

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

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Minecraft

Main Game Editions

Bedrock Edition | China Edition | Education | Java

Spin-offs
Dungeons | Legends

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Servers
2b2t | Hypixel

Defunct servers: Mineplex

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

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

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State of Decay

Games

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

Developers
Undead Labs

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Zoo Tycoon

Main Games

Zoo Tycoon | Dinosaur Digs | Marine Mania | Complete Collection

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

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ZeniMax Media

Part of Microsoft Gaming

Publishers
Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Europe | ZeniMax Asia)

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Doom

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

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Fallout

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

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The Elder Scrolls

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

Upcoming
The Elder Scrolls VI

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

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Activision Blizzard

Part of Microsoft Gaming

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Activision

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Franchises

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Call of Duty

Main

Warzone
Warzone (DMZ) | Mobile

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

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Crash Bandicoot

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

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Guitar Hero

Main

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

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Skylanders

Main

Developers
Activision | Beenox | Toys For Bob | Vicarious Visions

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Spyro

Main Games

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

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Tony Hawk's Franchise

Main

¹ Now published by Bungie

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King

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Film, television production and distribution company
Activision Blizzard Studios

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

Hardware
HoloLens | Surface

Conventions
Build

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Microsoft Garage

Projects

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Microsoft Live Labs

Products

Successor
Microsoft Research

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.

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