Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft shoot ’em up Gears of War 2 will come with a parental control facility when it’s released for Xbox 360 on November 7th. The game, which was earlier given an ‘M’ rating by the ESRB, will attempt to placate concerned parents by giving them an option to substitute blood …

Microsoft profiles new systemâ??s limitations (and unknown potential) at Gamefest

Plans mounting for Microsoft's European developer conference

Don Mattrick’s assertion that his rivals had been on an extended vacation judging by their showing at E3 grabbed headlines globally, but there’s more where that came from. Xbox boss Mattrick and Live figurehead John Schappert delve further into what they thought of their rivals at E3 and the future …

Microsoft is the latest suitor to be linked with a bid for Take Two after Seeking Alpha’s Stephen Frankola stated on the site that the format holder ‘has the cash, the takeover desire, and the rationale’ to buy the firm. I think that Microsoft is a likely bidder for Take …

GAMEFEST 08: Studios can use new team options to make mutliplayer more engaging, says Microsoft

GAMEFEST 08: Online multiplayer for PC games gets revamp, with Xbox 360-style Marketplace due too

GAMEFEST 08: XNA general manager becomes CTO of MS' Interactive Entertainment Business

Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes its Xbox 360 and Zune operations, has announced its first full year of profitable operations, with the fiscal year ending June 30th ’08 bringing $426 million in profit. This compares to the $1.9 billion loss the Division suffered in the previous fiscal year. …

Halo developer Bungie has confirmed that the much-rumoured announcement it was prepping for E3 did exist, but that it was pulled by the developer’s publisher at the last moment. The story so far runs like this: Pre-E3 rumours began to mount that something Halo related was being planned for E3, …