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Microsoft has released the newest edition of its online PC service, Games for Windows Live. The most significant addition to Microsoft’s new platform is how users can access the Marketplace in the middle of a game. The Xbox 360 manufacturer says that when players buy an item from the …
Read More »High Street cheaper than 360 Games-On-Demand
Though we’re yet to hear the specific price of each title heading to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Games On Demand service next week, Joystiq is claiming that all titles will be priced between 1,600 MS Points (13.50) and 2,400 MS Points (20). This is good news for bricks and mortar retail …
Read More »PS3 outperforms Xbox 360 for EA
Whilst it was the Wii, thanks to the success of EA Sports Active, that really shone for EA in its latest fiscal quarter, just as big a surprise is the fact that the publisher’s PS3 returns far outstripped those coming from Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Wii revenues lead the charge at …
Read More »Microsoft retail sites announced
Microsoft’s first retail stores will be located in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California, it has been revealed. The vendor signed leases on the two properties, and plans to open them by the end of Autumn, according to CNET. A spokesperson for the company told the website that the bricks …
Read More »Avatar 3D will be HDMI only on 360
Ubisoft has added another technical requirement for those wanting to experience the upcoming James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game in its full 3D glory – an HDMI-enabled console. That’s not a problem for PS3, of course, and Wii owners aren’t getting the 3D treatment anyway. But it does mean that owners …
Read More »MS assures retail about games-on-demand
With Xbox 360’s full games-on-demand service now just days away, Microsoft’s VP of strategy and business development for Interactive Entertainment Shane Kim has stated that any possibility of digital releases going day and date with retail is a long way off. There are a lot of complex issues to deal …
Read More »Ex Microsoft exec to speak at IGDA
Chris Satchell offers keynote at IGDA Leadership Forum
Read More »Is Jacksons Halo game still on?
Earlier this week Peter Jackson, the acclaimed director behind Hollywood film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, claimed that he is no longer working with Microsoft on a new Halo title – but the Xbox 360 platform holder seems less sure. On Monday Jackson said of Halo: Chronicles: That Halo …
Read More »Gearbox developing Halo 4?
In what could be the biggest development surprise for quite some time, the Halo rumour mill has suddenly turned its attention to Texan developer Gearbox who many now believe is already working on Halo 4 for Xbox 360. When asked by Eurogamer whether one of its unannounced titles is indeed …
Read More »Microsoft dates Forza 3
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has confirmed that Turn 10’s anticipated race sim Forza Motorsport 3 will be released in North America on October 27th. A European release is likely on either October 23rd or October 30th. [UPDATE: A European release date of October 23rd has now been confirmed.] The …
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