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Microsoft discontinues console after 10 years and around 80 million sales
Read More »Microsoft discontinues the Xbox 360
The end of the line has come, perhaps surprisingly early, for Xbox 360. Microsoft has announced that it is ending production of the console just over ten years after it arrived. Once current supplies have gone, that will be it. Xbox 360 means a lot to everyone in Microsoft. And …
Read More »Dark Souls being added to Xbox One backwards compatibility
One of the last generation’s most celebrated releases appears to be heading to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list for Xbox One. As spotted by Reddit, the listing for Dark Souls 3 on the Australian Xbox store revealed that buyers will receive a backwards compatible version of the cherished Dark …
Read More »Microsoft says Xbox One Red Dead Redemption release was an error
A small number of users were able to download a backwardly compatible Xbox One version of Rockstar’s much cherished Red Dead Redemption at the weekend. The Wild West game was for a period the most requested title for Microsoft’s backwards compatibility service, so it’s no surprise that an Xbox One …
Read More »48 million people are using Xbox Live
Microsoft may no longer be reporting sales figures for its console hardware, but the firm has revealed that its monthly users number on Xbox Live has reached 48 million. The company announced this information in its Q2 financial report. This represents a 30 per cent yearly growth in its online …
Read More »Xbox 360 disc scratching case makes it all the way to the US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court will now decide whether Microsoft will face a class-action lawsuit over allegations that the Xbox 360 had a disc-scratching fault. The Xbox 360 had its fair share of technical problems, not least of which was the infamous Red Ring of Death – a fault that ultimately …
Read More »UK games retail suffers disappointing 2015, as software sales tumble 6%
More than 28m physical games were sold in the UK last year, a drop of six per cent over 2014. That’s according to the latest figures from GfK Chart-Track. These numbers are actually all the more disappointing, because Chart-Track’s weekly data actually counted 53 weeks of 2015, whereas 2014 had …
Read More »Minecraft console edition’s ‘biggest update ever’ hits PlayStation, Xbox platforms
A major new update for Minecraft’s console release has begun rolling out, Mojang has announced. A post on thedeveloper’s blogdetails what the team is calling the console version’s biggest update ever.” We’re constantly improving Minecraft on all platforms but this is actually our biggest update ever, bringing the console versions …
Read More »Last-gen Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 IS coming out in the UK
Contrary to previous reports, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 are going to be released in the UK. The digital version of the skating title has appeared on the Xbox 360 marketplace, with consumers able to purchase it. As of yet, the game …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is not being released for last-gen consoles in UK
Activision has no plans to release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 in the UK. Speaking to Eurogamer, the publisher revealed that the delayed last-gen edition will not launch in this region, a least for the time being. This follows the revelation that …
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