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This week’s MCV isnow available to download – and it features 13 pages of Games Media Awards, with almost 100 pictures from the event. Also in this edition is interviews with Ubisoft’s Rob Cooper, Microsoft’s Pav Bhardwaj and Sony’s Chris Bruce We’ve listed the contents in full below. Download our …
Read More »Phil Harrison to give first public address as Xbox exec at LGC
Xbox exec joins speakers from Twitter, Google, EA, Sega and Disney attending next month's conference
Read More »Subsidised Xbox subscription hardware "pivotal" to Microsoft’s business
Xbox 720 will likely launch with cut-price hardware subsidised through monthly subscriptions. That’s the impression given by Microsoft in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in which it describes such retail models as pivotal to our business” and outlines plans to roll the deals out across the whole of …
Read More »Xbox SmartGlass goes live on October 26th
But tech will now launch on iOS and Android till early next year
Read More »Dlala – Two Men. One Game. No Money
Develop speaks to the indie outfit on collaborating with Microsoft without a penny to spend
Read More »Xbox 360 revenue drops by $400m
Operating income falls 94%; Microsoft cites lower console and game sales for decreased revenue
Read More »Xbox moves 1.7m consoles in Q1, operating income down 94 per cent YOY
Microsoft has reported Q1 sales figures for its Xbox division, revealing a steep drop in operating income compared to the same period from the year prior. The firm shipped 1.7m Xbox 360 units during the financial period ending on September 30th, down from 2.3m shipped in Q1 2012. Revenue for …
Read More »Xbox takes Forza Horizon on tour
Microsoft is taking ten supercars on a four-day road trip for the upcoming release of Forza Horizon. Entitled ‘Escape The Grid’, the tour will start on October 23rd in Paris, from the Forza Horizon Gymkhana competition and partake in challenges on its way to Top Gear Live in Birmingham, which …
Read More »Microsoft details Surface pricing
Microsoft has revealed pricing for Surface ahead of the tablet's release later this month
Read More »Microsoft reveals Surface pricing
Microsoft has revealed pricing for Surface ahead of the tablet’s release later this month. The 32GB Surface will be offered at $499 on its own, and $599 packaged with the black keyboard Touch Cover. A 64GB model plus black keyboard Touch Cover is also available for $699. Touch Covers in …
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