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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has outperformed all other home consoles for 24 consecutive months in terms of US hardware sales. And when you take handhelds into account, Xbox 360 has been the No.1 selling hardware for 17 months running. The latest NPD data confirms that December sales of 1.4m units once …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets limited edition Tomb Raider controller
Square Enix and Microsoft has teamed up to create a special joypad for the launch of the Tomb Raider reboot. The Xbox 360 Tomb Raider Limited Edition Wireless Controller will be available when the game arrives on March 5th. It will retail for 39.99. The controller was designed with help …
Read More »Don’t worry, Xbox is not ditching the High Street
There is just one Microsoft-published game on the release schedule. Gears of War: Judgment launches on March 22nd and when MCV asked a rep yesterday if that was it, we were pointed to the array of Xbox Live Arcade titles on the way. It’s not exactly the answer GAME or …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We’re moving away from being a maker of packaged goods’
The future of the games industry is in the cloud, Microsoft VP Phil Harrison said today. He made his statement as he lifted the lid on the firm’s new London Studio: Lift London. The new studio is entirely focused on the cloud and will not be making physical video games. …
Read More »EA Origin UK boss Roger Walkden joins Microsoft
EA Origin’s UK chief Roger Walkden has joined Microsoft Studios. The former EA and Activision man takes the role of Chief of Staff, and will work behind the scenes across all of Microsoft’s European studios, which includes Rare, Lionhead, Soho Productions, Press Play and the new studio, Lift London. "My …
Read More »Phil Harrison on Steam-box: ‘It’s very hard to launch hardware’
Microsoft boss Phil Harrison says it will be hard for the likes of Steam and Nvidia to launch mass-market games consoles. Both firms have announced plans for PC-based consoles in the home, including the new ‘Piston’ and ‘Shield’ devices. But Harrison says it can take thousands of pounds and ‘very …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA hits 5m copies sold
Mojang has revealed the latest milestone for its multi-platform hit Minecraft, announcing that the Xbox 360 Edition has reached 5m sales. Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan shared the info on Twitter, adding that the number was reached on the final day of 2012. The word comes just days after the company announced …
Read More »$8bn – the total losses made by Xbox 360 and PS3
The console sector is at a crossroads, and a look at the numbers behind Xbox 360 and PS3 make for uncomfortable reading. According to numbers presented by former EA and Sony man Ben Cousins on Kotaku, between them Xbox 360 and PS3 have left an $8bn black hole in the …
Read More »New Xbox Live entertainment apps launch
Xbox Live has added several new offerings to its budding entertainment app section. Major Nelson announces that the handful of new apps have launched on Microsoft’s console service, and nearly all of them are region specific. Crunchroll, which offers streaming Anime and Asian drama titles, is now available in all …
Read More »Free XBLA title Happy Wars surpasses 1.2m downloads
Xbox Live’s first free-to-play title Happy Wars has amassed over 1.2m players worldwide since launch. Developer Toylogic announced the figure earlier this week, while simultaneously rolling out a new holiday-themed update for the title. The update is supposed to improve matchmaking and online stability as well. Happy Wars debuted in …
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