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Read More »VIDEO: Microsoft’s shows off Xbox One’s slick UI
The Xbox One’s Kinect-controlled UI is the focus of a new video from Microsoft. It starts with the assertion that the clip was recorded on November 1st using live Xbox One code – thereby disproving the unfounded rumours recently doing the rounds claiming that Microsoft was struggling with the console’s …
Read More »Potential Microsoft CEO Elop could sell Xbox business
Sources claim Former Nokia boss wants to refocus business on Office
Read More »Prospective new Microsoft boss Elop tipped to sell off Xbox business
Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is being tipped to replace outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But the bigger news for gaming is that Elop is apparently considering selling the Xbox business if he is appointed. Bloomberg says the claims come from three people with knowledge [of Elop’s] analysis of the …
Read More »Ryse designer says Xbox One resolution is a "non-issue"
The design director of Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome has said that gamers should stop fixating on the non-issue” of game resolutions. "People are kind of grasping onto things that are really non-issues. For us, it was far more important to have artwork that looked beautiful,” Patrick …
Read More »Xbox One will ‘start ahead’ and ‘stay ahead’ of PS4
Craig Flannagan, Microsoft Canada’s Xbox director of marketing has delivered the platform holder’s most bullish pre-launch prep talk for some time. When asked how Xbox One would fare against PS4 and Wii U by Games Industry, Flannagan stated: "Xbox One is going to start ahead, in terms of the experience …
Read More »Get a free Lumia 820 Dev Kit Windows Phone at AppCampus camps
Every attending studio will receive Microsoft device ahead of mobile development accelerator programme
Read More »White Xbox One raises £5,000 for GamesAid
The rare white Xbox One has been sold for 5,000, GamesAid has announced. The commemorative special edition machine was only made available to Microsoft employees that worked on the console. It features a special Gamertag and the words ‘I Made This’ written on the front of the machine. It also …
Read More »Microsoft ‘lost its way’ with PC game support
Computing giant aims to have first-party studios developing across all Microsoft devices in future
Read More »Microsoft: ‘Games should be defined by more than framerate and resolution’
Head of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer has at last responded to the weeks of criticism being levelled at the Xbox One over its resolution support. As well as high-profile examples such as Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty: Ghosts, many of Xbox One’s early titles including Dead Rising 3 and …
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