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Computing giant joins Sega and Nintendo in missing this year's event
Read More »Gamescom unfazed by Xbox loss as Samsung signs up
The vast German consumer and trade video game show Gamescom has not been shaken by Microsoft’s decision to miss the 2012 event. In a statement issued to MCV, organiser Koelnmesse says the event is still ‘on track, demonstrating stability and growth despite the difficult market situation’. Instead, the organisers say …
Read More »Also, Xbox decides against Tokyo Games Show
Microsoft has confirmed to MCV it won’t be attending Tokyo Games Show. It follows news that the platform holder won’t be attending Gamescom and will instead focus on smaller, localised events. At TGS last year, Microsoft revealed Grasshopper Manufacture’s Diabolical Pitch. In 2010, the firm announced a string of Japanese-developed …
Read More »No Microsoft at Gamescom
Microsoft will not be attending Gamescom this year. The platform holder says it will be promoting its upcoming line-up at smaller, more-localised events. It follows news that Sony, Ubisoft, EA, Take-Two, NCSoft and Bethesda are amongst the big hitters at this year’s European trade and consumer fair. The event organisers …
Read More »Sony, Microsoft and Apple bid on new top level domains
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has released a list of companies who have bid to secure their brands as one of the new TLD (top level domains). A host of new TLDs will soon be offered, complementing existing ones such as .com, .co.uk, .biz and .org. …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets Paramount movie app in US
Microsoft has added a new entertainment app to its Xbox Live service, this time as part of a partnership with Paramount Pictures. The new app will give Xbox 360 owners quicker access to Paramount movies. Films can be either rented or purchased in standard or high-definition and then streamed to …
Read More »ESA urges against US Xbox ban
American trade body The Entertainment Retailers Association has urged against a possible ban on sales of the Xbox 360 in the US. An International Trade Commission judge last month recommended that the machine should no longer be imported into the US and all sales of unsold stock to be blocked. …
Read More »Extended Halo 4 E3 trailer to air during England game
Microsoft will use tonight’s England vs France clash at Euro 2012 to give its Halo 4 marketing a significant kick-start. The TV premiere of the live action Extended Halo 4 E3 trailer will be shown at half time – or around 5:45pm – on ITV1 and ITV1 HD. It depicts …
Read More »Microsoft plans SmartGlass support ‘for all first-party titles’
Recently unveiled tech to be a single app
Read More »Microsoft describes Inside Xbox closure as "logical"
The cancellation of Inside Xbox has been described as logical by Xbox Europe interactive entertainment VP Chris Lewis. The show, which was broadcast on Xbox Live, was scrapped in May, with Microsoft saying that it had decided to move away from the current first-party produced content model and transition to …
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