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One of the founders of the original Xbox programme at Microsoft has lashed out at the direction the company has taken with Xbox 360. Nat Brown was one of the key figures behind Microsoft’s assault on the living room and while he understand Microsoft’s want to make the Xbox 360 …

Microsoft has announced that former Channel 5 digital boss Kate Barnes has joined Microsoft Studios’ Soho Productions as executive producer. She will in her new role be responsible for the studio’s EMEA TV strategy. Barnes was made boss of Channel 5’s digital channels 5* and 5USA in 2007 and oversaw …

Games must also be installed on hard drive, claims Durango ebay seller SuperDaE

Xbox Live grows to 46 million subscribers as users clock up 18 billion hours of entertainment in 2012

New company to focus on creating interactive content and live event programming

Former VP of Windows sales opens up on long-rumoured takeover before the Xbox

PlayStation outfit refused to work with computing giant, claims Joachim Kempin

Former vice president Joachim Kempin has revealed that Microsoft got into the console business primarily to take on and defeat Sony – after Sony denied Microsoft’s interest in partnership. According to Kempin, Microsoft set about creating the Xbox hardware so that Sony didn’t achieve the kind of dominance on televisions …

Activation codes to prevent sale of pre-owned games and new Kinect to ship alongside console, claim sources

Could we about to see the death of the pre-owned software market? Edge claims to have word that the next Xbox will require an always-on internet connection and will block the use of pre-owned games. The site says that a source with first hand experience” of the console itself adds …