Tag Archives: Microsoft

Gesture and voice control 'to be integrated into all new content'

A new operating system is not the most exciting Xbox 360 launch this year. There are no hordes of eager consumers queuing outside GAME to get their hands on it. No outlandish launch party. There’s a distinct lack of chainsaw-wielding monsters, super cars or spartan warriors. What we have are …

New UK boss talks up the potential of service partnerships

'My Xbox Live' gives customers mobile access to their gaming account

iPad and iPhone users can now access their Xbox Live account via an official Microsoft app. The iOS software allows 360 owners to sign in and interact with their friends without the need for a console, according to Major Nelson. They can read and send messages, manage their friends list …

Devs to get 70-80 per cent royalty on apps

'First-party' XBLA publishing offer goes to the winner

An invite-only beta for Microsoft’s new flight sim series, Microsoft Flight, will commence in January. TheMicrosoft Flightlaunch sequence has begun,” the game’s registration page wrote. We’re thrilled to announce that theMicrosoft FlightBeta is scheduled to kick-off in January 2012 and we arenow accepting applications to participate in the beta program. …

Smartphone app allows players to browse, control and purchase Xbox media

Microsoft has recorded its best weekly sales in the history of the Xbox brand, selling just under 1m units in seven days. More than 960,000 Xbox 360 units were sold in the US during the week of Black Friday (week ending Friday, November 25th), according to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. …