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Microsoftâ??s Xbox 360 shooter to miss April release in favour of an autumn 2011 arrival

Details of the launch plans of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 have been revealed by the Wall Street Journal. The launch is said to be "centered" in New York with events in other cities simultaneously according to people "familiar with the launch plans" cited by the WSJ. The launch event …

Developer Epic has confirmed that Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War 3 has been delayed. Way back in April of this year the publisher cemented what seemed to be a firm April 2011 release for the game. However, this has now been changed to simply ‘fall 2011′ Gears of War …

Lots of outlets have reported about Microsoft’s upcoming Fable III: Kingmaker mobile phone app – but few have spotted the footnote confirming its release for Android and iPhone. The app is described as an innovative geo-location mobile gaming experience” that essentially sounds much like a Four Square-like title for Fable …

Kinect’s launch line-up provides no foretoken to the wild ideas that the peripheral will provide in the future, a tech executive at Rare believes. Nick Burton admitted that Kinect’s software launch line-up has an understandable air of predictability – with its sports and family titles – but insisted the tech …

UK base for the Second Life business almost certain to have closed weeks ago

Microsoft has stepped up a gear in the race for Top Gear content against Sony’s Gran Turismo 5. The Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection re-release will come with a code that allows users to download Top Gear videos, an Xbox Live theme and a car pack. There will be 90 …

Xbox owner apparently in for Linden Lab, with further rumours of UK studio closures

Microsoft’s innovative controllerless peripheral, Kinect, has not been downgraded during its evolution from concept to final product, says an exec at UK studio Rare. In fact, Nick Burton believes Kinect has closely followed a survival-of-the-fittest principal; dropping less desired features and improving its more important ones. Kinect’s tech has certainly …

Kinect Sports studio says the device will kindle a wild fire of game ideas