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Having announced a release date for Nike+ Kinect Training earlier today, Microsoft has now dated two other Kinect titles. Both Kinect Sesame Street TV and Kinect Nat Geo TV will be released in the UK on September 18th. Both will retail for 29.99 on the High Street or 2,400 Microsoft …
Read More »November 2nd arrival for Nike+ Kinect Training
Microsoft is already sizing up the Christmas gift market with a festive release date for Nike+ Kinect Training. The game will be released on November 2nd and will retail for 39.99. Get fitter, faster and stronger with Nike+ Kinect Training, a personalised training experience built from the ground up with …
Read More »Dance Central 3 receives October release date
Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 title Dance Central 3 will be released in Europe and the UK on October 19th. It will arrive in the US a few days earlier on October 16th. The game will include 40 tracks on the disc, with 11 new tracks having been announced …
Read More »Microsoft offered to help Polytron with patch fees
US dev 'made the decision not to work on an additional update' despite support, claims console giant
Read More »Minecraft sells 3m copies on XBLA
Mojang has announced the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has reached 3m copies sold. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the milestone on Twitter late last week. The downloadable title released back in early May, shattering XBLA records by moving over 1m units in just five days. When the game surpassed …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA surpasses 3m downloads
Game sales for indie smash-hit on all platforms fly past 10m
Read More »Microsoft posts record $18.06bn for past quarter, still sees net loss
Micosoft has announced fiscal results regarding the fiscal quarter ending June 30th, 2012. Although the company brought in a record of $18.06bn in revenue (compared to $17.37bn for the same quarter in 2011), it posted a net loss of $492m due to a ‘goodwill impairment charge’ of $6.2bn. The charge …
Read More »Halo 4 toys due August
Re:creation has confirmed the release of its hotly tipped Halo 4 die-cast vehicles. The Jada Toys collection will launch in the UK this august, with Re:creation handling distribution duties. The five die-cast vehicles include the Mongoose (12.99), Ghost (14.99), Warthog (19.99) and Banshee (24.99) from Halo 4, as well as …
Read More »OPINION: When "big man little man" syndrome goes too far
We’re living in the new age of indie development. And at the same time we’re witnessing the weakening of the mega-publisher. But that doesn’t mean we should always side with the little man in the battle. As Polytron’s Phil Fish has just proved. The developer this morning issued a statement …
Read More »$99 subscription Xbox could come to the UK
Microsoft’s $99 subscription Xbox 360 trial could be coming to the UK and Europe. The offer was rolled out to select American retailers last month. It sees gamers pay just $99 up front for an Xbox 360 console on the condition that the sign up to a two-year Xbox Live …
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