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Aside from the known appearance of Tony Hawk and the possibility of a Wii-rivalling Xbox 360 motion-tech reveal, word is spreading of a possible new Halo game making its debut at Microsoft’s E3 showcase at 18:25 tonight. CVG reports that users of Halo developer Bungie’s forum have spotted reference to …
Read More »Early start for Microsoft conference
Microsoft’s E3-opening press conference has been bought forward by five tiny minutes tonight – and all the clues suggest that a Tony Hawk related announcement is the reason. A recent tweet form extreme sports dude Tony Hawk himself yesterday read: Just practiced my part for Microsoft’s E3 keynote tomorrow (introducing …
Read More »Microsoft developing 300,000 player online game
Microsoft is trying to make history with a new 360 title, it seems – by developing a system that allows for 300,000 players simultaneously. A job posting released by the firm has called for "an experienced server developer to help develop our server architecture. We are building an extremely high …
Read More »Xbox 360 deal with Sky confirmed
As reported by MCV earlier this week, Microsoft has officially announced that it has struck a deal with satellite TV provider Sky that will bring both live and on-demand programming to Xbox 360 owners. Though there isn’t a concrete channel list available as of yet, the package is set to …
Read More »Microsoft trying to develop 300,000 player online game
Format-holder trying to break records with number of simultaneous players on 360
Read More »Xbox 360 global sales surpass 30m
Microsoft has revealed that Xbox 360 sales have topped 30 million worldwide. The firm today boasted that Xbox 360 has achieved the highest percentage growth in hardware sales of any console so far in 2009, up 28 percent over the same period in 2008. The community for Xbox Live has …
Read More »E3 2009 conference schedule
As you’re more than likely already well aware, next week sees the games industry’s most important event take place in LA – and MCV will be here covering all the major announcements as they happen. E3 2009 coverage has already started on MCV and will be ongoing through to the …
Read More »New Lips takes to the mic
Microsoft is to release a second boxed title in its Lips series this October as the franchise continues to wrestle with console-karaoke king SingStar for home gaming supremacy. Lips: Number One Hits will, unlike the business model employed by Sony, include all of the debut release’s tracks on the disc …
Read More »Publisher pack joining EGS 2009
Latin America’s largest video game event, the Electronic Game Show, will return this year at the Expo Bancomer centre in Santa Fe; one of Mexico City’s key business districts. The event will take place from October 23-25 with companies such as Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Activision and THQ already signing …
Read More »Electronic Game Show returns to Mexico City
Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Activision and THQ all signing up for the October event
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