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Publisher-developer RedLynx has revealed its XBLA motorcycle stunts game Trials HD has been downloaded 2m times. This figure includes purchases of the full game and its two pieces of DLC. Trials HD also hit shelves earlier this month in the form of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Hits Collection, which also included …
Read More »Microsoft ‘backs Ballmer’ after resignation plea
Longstanding Windows boss 'fully supported' after an investor called for him to leave
Read More »Freebies for early Forza 4 buyers
Microsoft has announced that a "limited" number of the first copies of upcoming racer Forza 4 will include five free cars. The vehicles in question are the Ford Mustang GT Coupe 1965, Koenigsegg Agera 2011, Lexus SC300 1997, RUF RGT-8 2011 and the electric Telsa Roadster Sport 2011. A Collector’s …
Read More »Ubisoft: Next-gen should come sooner rather later
The next iterations of PlayStation and Xbox hardware can’t come soon enough, according to the UK boss of publisher Ubisoft. When asked by an interview with MCV when he thinks new hardware might be debuted to the public, Rob Cooper replied: "I’ll leave that up to Microsoft and Sony to …
Read More »New Microsoft pixel smoothing technique detailed
Researchers at US firm and the Hebrew University publish joint paper on spline-based algorithm
Read More »Shareholder calls for Microsoft’s Ballmer to go
Microsoft chief executive is stuck in the past, claims hedge fund manager David Einhorn
Read More »Kinect support for Ghost Recon
Boxart for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier released on Xbox.com yesterday appeared to confirm Kinect support for the game. As spotted by CVG, the banner of the game says "Better With kinect", suggesting optional support for the peripheral. However, the art was quickly removed and replaced with a version omitting …
Read More »XBL Marketplace back online after outage
The Xbox Live Marketplace was inoperable for a brief period last night, though Microsoft has insisted that the problems were not due to any kind of hack or intrusion. Following the mystery disappearance of both the Xbox 360 and online version of Marketplace, MS issued the following press statement: "Users …
Read More »Gears of War 3 gets Champions League trailer
Microsoft has announced that a brand new Gears of War 3 trailer will be aired in the UK after the Champions League final this Saturday. It can be seen after the final whistle blows at Wembley following the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Barcelona – around 21:45 or a …
Read More »Windows 8 arriving in 2012
Microsoft will launch the successor of its Windows PC operating system next year, the company’s chief has revealed. Steve Ballmer said at a press conference in Tokyo that the new operating system would be optimised for tablet devices, PCs and a variety of different form factors”. Elsewhere in his speech, …
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