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Streaming video service Twitch is to get a dedicated app on Xbox 360. It should come as no surprise that the app will only be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. In better news, it should go live today in the US. It’s not clear when it will arrive in …
Read More »Latest leak claims Next Xbox doesn’t need permanent web connection for everything
Rumours that the Xbox 360 successor needs a constant web connection to run are apparently untrue. After months of speculation – and a coincidental scandal for EA and its Sim City web connection drama – a new report claims to have seen a leaked memo from MS to staff. And …
Read More »Molyneux: Next Xbox should focus on games first
Former Microsoft creative director says he doesn't need another way to view Facebook
Read More »Alan Wake surpasses 2m sales
Remedy has announced Alan Wake has gone past the 2m units sold milestone. The developer called the game a ‘cult classic’ in their updated sales figure reveal to CVG, adding that the franchise still has a future. "We’ve moved over two million copies–that’s including PC," head of franchise development Oskari …
Read More »Next Xbox named Fusion?
Another potential name for the coming console touted
Read More »Minecraft to be sold on boxed shiny polycarbonate discs
Or DVDs, as they are otherwise known. Microsoft has announced that Minecraft will for the first time be made available in physical form thanks to a boxed release on Xbox 360. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will also ship with a free 48-hour Xbox Live Gold subscription allowing buyers to get …
Read More »Report: Respawn’s debut game next Xbox exclusive
New studio from Infinity Ward founders to shun Sony and Nintendo with first title
Read More »Call of Duty creators’ next game is an Xbox exclusive – report
Those sleuths over at US site Kotaku believes it has all the information about a major new Xbox exclusive. Respawn Entertainment – the team set-up by the creators of Call of Duty – has built a futuristic online multiplayer-centric shooter that pits giant Titans against heavily armed foot soldiers. But …
Read More »Price: It’s hard for the industry to accept change
But head of Ratchet & Clank studio says its should be embraced
Read More »Rayman Legends gets shiny new release date
Ubisoft has confirmed a release date for the now multiplatform Rayman Legends. The game will be hitting Wii U, PS3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously on August 30th. Rayman legends was once, lest we forget, a Wii U exclusive that was initially scheduled to be a Wii U launch title. However, …
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