Microsoft transitioned the Games Group into a wholly separate division named Microsoft Games around March 2000, along with other consolidation of games-related projects within Microsoft. Under Microsoft, FASA Interactive was renamed FASA Studio, and Access Software became Salt Lake Games Studio. The Games Group had also established long-term publishing deals with developers like Ensemble Studios ( Age of Empires, Age of Mythology), and Digital Anvil ( Starlancer). Microsoft acquired FASA Interactive in 1999 for its MechWarrior game series, Access Software, and Aces Game Studio, which worked on Flight Simulator. It announced Microsoft Golf for Windows, based on Access Software's Links, and expanded the games division from two to six people with the intention of commissioning more products from other developers. In 1992, the company began increasing its focus on games. It published subLOGIC's Microsoft Flight Simulator and several Microsoft Entertainment Pack compilations of minigames, but was best known for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. In the early 1990s, Microsoft published a few video games.

History As Microsoft Games and Microsoft Game Studios (2000–2011) Microsoft Game Studios logo (2001–2011) It has since expanded to include games and other interactive entertainment for the namesake Xbox platforms, other desktop operating systems, Windows Mobile and other mobile platforms, and web-based portals. It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing of video games for Microsoft Windows.

Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher and part of the Microsoft Gaming division based in Redmond, Washington. See List of Xbox Game Studios video games

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