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Eric Neustadter – one of the creators of Xbox Live – has announced his exit from Microsoft after nearly two decades with the firm. Engadget reports on the departure. Neustadter is best-known for evolving Xbox Live from a network of in-house desktop computers to a multi-platform service boasting 39m users, …
Read More »Xbox Q1 hardware sales down 17%, but Xbox Live numbers swell
Microsoft has said that combined Xbox One and Xbox 360 shipments for its fiscal Q1 were down 17 per cent year-on-year. The company hasn’t revealed the actual sales figure, though did say the decline was mainly due to falling sales of the older Xbox 360 platform. In the same period …
Read More »‘Plenty of chance’ Halo 5 will come to PC, says head of franchise
The core Halo series could return to PC in the future, according to the director for the franchise at 343 Industries. Frank O’Connor was discussing the possibility of Microsoft’s flagship shooter expanding beyond its Xbox home on a GamesRadar livestream when he suggested upcoming entry Halo 5: Guardians could come …
Read More »Halo 5 to be played on world’s biggest flying screen
Australian Halo fans will get to see the first 15 minutes of the next entry in the sci-fi series the day before the game’s launch. But there’s a catch… …and the catch is that the display showing the campaign footage will be flying some 2,000 feet (609 metres) above the …
Read More »Xbox One and PS4 are up 40% on last-gen sales
But year-on-year hardware sales declined by 23 per cent in September in the US
Read More »PS4 wins the US monthly sales race again in the US
Sony’s PS4 was the best-selling console in the US in September, marking the fifth successive month it has outsold Xbox One. That means that PS4 has beaten its rival every month this year with the exception of April. It may be a big ask for Sony to do the same …
Read More »PC wireless adapter for Xbox One controller arrives next week
Microsoft has revealed the PC wireless adapter for Xbox One controllers will release early next week. Dubbed the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, the product will be availablethrough Microsoft directlyas well as various retailers includingGAMEstarting October 20th. The adapter includes headphone and party chat support through the controller, which according …
Read More »Microsoft details massive ad campaign for biggest ever Xbox One launch
Microsoft says that over 80 per cent of UK gamers will have already seen an ad for Halo 5. The firm is splashing the cash on the launch of the sci-fi FPS, which it says will be the biggest Xbox One launch to-date. The campaign started back in January with …
Read More »Greenshoots expands to include Northern Ireland devs
Microsoft and Creative England offer £100,000 in grants to local studios
Read More »Spencer talks PS4 lead, impact of Xbox One launch struggles
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that he doesn’t know if the Xbox One can ever catch PS4. "You know, I don’t know,” he responded when asked that exact question at the GeekWire Summit 2015, as reported by Videogamer. You know, the length of the generation… They [Sony] have a …
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