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A charity 5-A-Side football event held by HMV and sponsored by Microsoft has raised 19k for Teenage Cancer Trust. Sony Music emerged as the winners of the tournament, having come from two goals down to topple runners up OMD 4-3. Sony Music’s Ryan Slack was named as the player of …
Read More »Bach: Sony PS3 mismanagement helped Xbox 360 success
Former Microsoft executive Robbie Bach has said that mistakes made by the Sony management in the transition between PS2 and PS3 played a big part in the tremendous success of Xbox 360. Some of the success of Xbox was due to the fact that Sony did some really not so …
Read More »Minecraft sells 1m copies in five days on Xbox
'Fastest selling XBLA game ever', says Microsoft
Read More »Microsoft ‘testing Xbox Internet Explorer’
Company to integrate Kinect gestures, report suggests
Read More »Rumour: Microsoft bringing full IE browsing experience to Xbox 360
Microsoft may be readying open web browsing for the Xbox 360. Sources have shared with The Verge that a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 is currently in testing on the console. The new Xbox browser will supposedly let users surf all parts of the web from the comfort of …
Read More »April NPD: Prototype 2, Xbox 360 on top; sales down year-over-year
US retail results have arrived for April. NPD’s latest report states hardware sales accounted for $189.7m, accessories brought in $148.6m, and software sales contributed $292.1m. In terms of year-over-year, accessories saw a very marginal increase, while hardware and software sales saw dramatic drops. Microsoft continued to dominate the US hardware …
Read More »The people’s Republique
The man who dedicated his life creating Metal Gear Solid 4 needs something back from the community
Read More »Inside Xbox UK scrapped
Microsoft has cancelled Inside Xbox in the UK and Europe after it axed the service in the US last week. Inside Xbox’s UK team was responsible for video entertainment shows including SentUAMessage and more recently The Nexus. These were displayed on the Xbox Live dashboard and were also available on …
Read More »Minecraft shots revealed
PC hit Minecraft has been given the alcoholic drinks treatment by gaming caf Loading. The Cornwall-based company – which was nominated for the Star Store MCV Award earlier this year – produced the themed drink set using 81 shot glasses and 162 measures of alcohol. It’s been built as a …
Read More »US Xbox business targeted in Motorola legal war
Microsoft faces China import ban; Legal fees so far 'could finance a small country'
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