{"id":25155,"date":"2023-02-24T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-fierce-microsoft-battle-that-led-to-one-of-the-biggest-video-games-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:30:00","slug":"the-fierce-microsoft-battle-that-led-to-one-of-the-biggest-video-games-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-fierce-microsoft-battle-that-led-to-one-of-the-biggest-video-games-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fierce Microsoft Battle That Led To One Of The Biggest Video Games Of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The sixth season of <a href=\"https:\/\/bossfightbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boss Fight Books<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gabedurham\/boss-fight-books-season-6-here-to-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently funding on Kickstarter<\/a>. Among the books in this season\u2019s offerings is Kyle Orland\u2019s tome on <em>Minesweeper<\/em>. A gripping read that tells the wild story of how <em>Minesweeper <\/em>became one of the most ubiquitous games in history\u2014a tale that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2023\/02\/how-bill-gates-minesweeper-addiction-helped-lead-to-the-xbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft CEO Bill Gates himself\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth season of Boss Fight Books is currently funding on Kickstarter. 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A gripping read that tells the wild story of how Minesweeper became one of the most ubiquitous games in history\u2014a tale that saw Microsoft CEO Bill Gates himself\u2026 Read more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25156,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[424,535,3943],"class_list":["post-25155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","category-xbox","tag-boss","tag-season","tag-sixth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Fierce Microsoft Battle That Led To One Of The Biggest Video Games Of All Time | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View The Fierce Microsoft Battle That Led To One Of The Biggest Video Games Of All Time for free, here on XtremeServers. 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