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Master Chief is not the only one making a comeback – the COG forces will return in a brand new Gears of War title. The shadowy teaser image you can see to the right is the cover of the latest issue of GameInformer, and the US mag reports it is …

Microsoft has revealed a brand new limited edition racing-focused Xbox 360 hardware bundle for the US. The SKU includes a 250GB console, a copy of Forza Motorsport 4 and Microsoft’s brilliant first party wireless racing wheel. It costs $299.99 – that’s the same price as the current 250GB bundle in …

Microsoft has announced some key figures for the Xbox 360, including the console’s lifetime sales numbers. Since its launch in 2005 the 360 has sold 67m units, bringing in over $56bn at retail. Xbox Live boasts 40m members, and Kinect has sold 19m units. A rise in sales like-for-like from …

Peter Molyneux’s Milo may never see light of day, but a part of it lives on with Fable: The Journey. Polygon reports that the skeletal tracking system that interprets player’s gestures. But there’s plenty of new tech, too. For instance, the new Fable can be played sitting down – which …

Technology taken from Microsoft’s Kinect is being used to help two future UK satellites dock whilst in orbit. Eurogamer reports that scientists at the University of Surrey and Surry Satellite Technology are planning to implement the tech into a planned mission called STRaND. Both satellites – which are each the …

Options running out for Microsoft with ITC now one step away from prohibiting console sales, but verdict not yet enacted

Microsoft’s patent dispute with Motorola just got significantly more serious with the threat of a US ban on the console. The legal tussle between the pair saw the Xbox 360 console blocked from distribution in Germany earlier this month. Now Judge David Shaw of the International Trade Commission has recommended …

Having launched three and a half years ago, Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time to become the world’s most popular browser. That’s according to Statcounter, whose numbers show that Chrome had a higher average traffic number than IE for a seven-day period (May …

Developers can change XBLIG prices every seven days

Microsoft has unveiled a special edition of Halo 4 that will give players access to extra multiplayer content. Central to the Halo 4 Limited Edition is the War Games Map Pack: nine multiplayer maps that will not be released on Xbox Live until after the game has been released. It …