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Halo: Reach will see a number of new additions to the multi-million selling FPS series, which has now surpassed 34 million units sold. During its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced the Halo series has sold 34 million units to date, with fans racking up 2 billion hours of online play. …

This is what happens when technology stops getting in the way” – that’s the line that Xbox Live general manager Mark Whitten has used to introduce Kinect to the LA audience at E3’s press briefing An on-stage designer simply waved to sign in to the software. Kinect recognised him straight …

Microsoft has revealed a new service for Xbox Live – Video Kinect. The device is a video chat service that also allows gamers to watch TV, video and music with their friends and family. The device uses Microsoft’s new motion controller and even tracks players as they move around the …

Built in Wi-Fi in, 250Gb hard drive, and quieter new Xbox 360 detailed

Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski and three others have showcased Gears of War 3 at Microsoft’s press conference at E3. The live gameplay demo featured new Lambent mutants, locations and four-player co-op gameplay including female character Anya Stroud for the first time. Bleszinski also mentioned a brand new mode titled ‘Beast’ …

Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be compatible with Kinect, Hideo Kojima. The game puts players in the role of returning character Raiden and is based primarily on sword combat, which is controlled by the newly-named motion controller. I felt it was important for my team to come up with something …

Impressive display of motion gaming seems to prove that Microsoftâ??s new tech works

Look out Nintendo, your grip on the fitness game market may be under threat. Ubisoft officially unveiled its Kinect exercise Your Shape: Fitness Evolved at the Xbox E3 briefing today, touting its features as capable of ‘transforming the way we think about fitness in the living room’. "Your Shape Fitness …

Microsoft’s design boss Peter Molyneux has taken to the E3 stage in LA tonight to confirm an October 26th release date for the hugely anticipated Fable III. Though we weren’t treated to much in the way of more information and no more detail was given concerning the game’s still mysterious …

Xbox Live avatar studio behind motion sensitive Wii Sports rival