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Either Microsoft or Sony will shock the E3 crowds this summer by announcing that they will not release a next-generation console. That’s the claim of cloud computing firm Gaikai. The company’s chief product officer Nanea Reeves told Industry Gamers that: "Not all of the current console makers will have one …
Read More »Entertainment soars on Xbox Live
More people are using TV and other entertainment services on Xbox 360 than ever before. Microsoft has announced that the number of people using entertainment apps on Xbox Live increased by nearly 50 per cent worldwide from November to December. Video has proven to be one of the most popular …
Read More »Xbox 360 tops 66m console sales
Microsoft has announced that more than 66 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide to date. The format holder revealed the console’s latest sales milestone during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It also announced that there are now more than 40 million Xbox Live members around …
Read More »Kinect for Windows available February 1st
PC edition of innovative motion controller to launch across 12 countries
Read More »iOS and Android ‘set to host Xbox Live games’
Xbox and PlayStation in a race to take advantage of mobile platforms, sources suggest
Read More »New questions asked about Xbox Live security
A month and a half on from Microsoft’s assurances that hackers are not accessing Xbox Live customer details, fresh evidence has appeared suggesting that a problem persists. In November 2010 UK newspaper The Sun ran a front page story focusing on the alleged hack, though Microsoft quickly moved to dismiss …
Read More »Next Xbox AND PS4 set for biggest ever E3
Both the Xbox 360 successor AND a follow up to the PS3 will be shown at E3 2012. The LA show tease will come as Wii U launch details are locked in – and should ensure no ground is lost between competing consoles. It will mark the very first time …
Read More »Comet fights back in Microsoft dispute
Retailer Comet has pledged to fight its corner in the dispute with Microsoft over the manufacturing of 94k Windows recovery discs. Yesterday MCV reported that Microsoft was suing Comet for producing what it claimed were thousands of counterfeit Windows CDs” that it then supplied to unsuspecting customers in the UK”. …
Read More »Social game deal for Microsoft
Xbox manufacturer signs multi-year deal with Facebook dev Arkadium
Read More »Microsoft relaxes file size limits for Xbox indies
Price policy and publishing restrictions also revised
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