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Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has cut the price of a number of titles on its Xbox Live Games-On-Demand service in several territories – but not, it seems, in the UK. Four games have seen their prices cut from $29.99 to $19.99 in the North American Marketplace – BioShock, Civilization …
Read More »120GB Xbox Elite RIP?
With the dust just having settled on all the pre-Christmas hardware price cutting rumours are mounting that Microsoft is preparing to replace its existing 120GB Xbox 360 Elite model with a 250GB SKU.Kotaku reports that Xbox 360 120GB hard drives are currently incredibly hard to find on the High Street, …
Read More »Xbox 360 is fully 3D capable
With Sony having made plenty of noise about the bright 3D future it envisages for the PS3, Microsoft has now stated that the Xbox 360 is already fully kitted out with the tech required to join the dimensional revolution. From the technical standpoint, we are fully 3D capable,” Microsoft’s Aaron …
Read More »Is Natal just another Wii? Have your say
This weekâ??s Jury Service turns to future Natal software
Read More »Microsoft X48 design event hits UK
Two-day game design competition in Birmingham to get Huddersfield repeat
Read More »Halo Reach detailed at last
Developer Bungie is promising a massive technological jump in its upcoming Halo Reach, which is due out ion Xbox 360 later this year. Fresh details of the title come courtesy of US mag Game Informer, with scans of the latest issue offering a long-awaited insight into Bungie’s wide-reaching plans. The …
Read More »Bach: Xbox not yet at mid-age
As Xbox 360 enters its fifth year on the market in times past we would typically be bracing ourselves for the arrival of its successor – but Microsoft reckons that its popular console may not have even reached middle age. I think in many ways we’re still on the upside …
Read More »70-80% of publishers working on Natal
Though its recent airing at CES had little in the way of new Natal software to show off, Microsoft estimates that three quarters of the world’s developers are currently working on games for Natal. Part of the reason we showed Natal at E3 – which is actually a little bit …
Read More »Microsoft: We will show studios the way with Natal
Robbie Bach stresses why Microsoftâ??s third-party business model will stand out from Nintendoâ??s
Read More »Serious Sam HD hits XBL this week
Microsoft’s Major Nelson has announced that this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release will be Croteam’s frivolous first person shooter Serious Sam HD. Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points (10.20), the game will be available to download this Wednesday (January 13th). The game was released on PC late last year. The Serious …
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