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After a few attempts to cool rising speculation surrounding a new Xbox 360 SKU, Microsoft has turned to its CEO, Steve Ballmer – the very individual who provoked the rumours – to adequately close the debate. Last week the idiosyncratic Microsoft boss reportedly claimed that a ‘new‘ Xbox 360 is …
Read More »Ballmer shoots down â??new 360â?? speculation
â??I confused the issue with my poorly chosen words.â?
Read More »Microsoft ‘not even halfway through’ current console cycle
Company pledges to continue supporting the Xbox 360 'long into the next decade'
Read More »Confusion over Natal 360 SKU
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday seemingly confirmed a brand new version of the Xbox 360 hardware that includes the motion-sensing Natal technology built in to the hardware. TGDaily reports that the iconic exec told attendees at The Executive’s Club of Chicago that a new hardware SKU equipped with Natal is …
Read More »EA’s Pleasants joins Playdom
Emerging casual force Playdom, the firm responsible for leading MySpace social network game Mobsters, has joined this morning’s high profile exec merry-go-round by announcing its capture of former EA COO John Pleasants as its new CEO. News broke late last night not only of Pleasants’ departure from EA, but also …
Read More »Ballmerâ??s ‘new Xbox’ speech puzzles onlookers
Is it Natal, or something more?
Read More »John Schappert quits Microsoft for EA
Xbox Live boss leaves Microsoft to become new COO of US publisher
Read More »Xbox Live boss quits for EA
Global Xbox Live boss John Schappert will leave Microsoft on July 14th for Electronic Arts – two years after quitting the Redwood giant for the platform holder. Schappert will become COO at EA, replacing John Pleasants, who vacates the publisher. Schappert will be responsible for Worldwide Publishing, the Online Platform …
Read More »Microsoft ups 360’s internal memory
With the Jasper iteration of the Xbox 360’s innards now well and truly out in the market, it transpires that Microsoft has now sneaked a bit of extra memory onto the motherboard’s architecture. When the Japser iteration of the Xbox 360 (identifiable by the 150w power rating on the box’s …
Read More »Pre-order bonus for Halo 3: ODST
Early buyers of Microsoft’s upcoming FPS Halo 3: ODST will be rewarded with a code that will let them unlock multiplayer character Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson. Bungie’s prequel shooter now boasts a full-length single-player campaign depicting the events leading up to Halo 3, all of which will be playable co-operatively …
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