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Microsoft is set to announce launch details for the much anticipated Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft sometime later today. Play XBLA is currently running a countdown, stating it will be the first outlet with news of the release date along with other new info for the console port. It was …
Read More »Walking Dead to release cross-platform next month
Five instalments to be released at monthly intervals
Read More »Microsoft partners with charity Right to Play
International children’s sport and play charity Right To Play has secured a sponsorship programme from Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft for 2012. Right To Play works to improve the quality of life for children in some of the most impoverished places around the world. The deal sees MS handing over …
Read More »Zynga boss hints at Xbox partnership?
Mark Pincus, the boss of social and casual gaming giant Zynga, has hinted at what appears to be a possible partnership with Microsoft that could see Zynga titles appear on Xbox. Speaking of cross-device compatibility, Pincus told GigaOM that: "Right now we are building back-end technology, so that your game …
Read More »Free iPlayer launches on Xbox 360
The BBC has completed the roll out of iPlayer across all games consoles – with today’s launch of the service for Xbox 360. This means the BBC content service is now available on Wii, PS3 and 360. On 360, the app comes with Kinect-ready voice and gesture functions. It’s taken …
Read More »Zynga boss Pincus hints at Xbox deal
Farmville company wants to expand across platforms
Read More »‘No new Xbox at E3’ says MS PR boss
Microsoft wants you to forget the rumours and scuttlebutt – it is insisting there will be no new Xbox reveal at E3. According to tweets from Bloomberg news’ technology reporter Dina Bass, Microsoft’s head of corporate PR David Dennis has said there will be no new console to be shown …
Read More »Molyneux on Kinect: "We expected too much, too soon"
Days before walking away from both Microsoft and his own studio Lionhead last week, Peter Molyneux admitted that the public were too quick to judge Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect technology. It’s just like any piece of new technology or invention, whether it’s a bike, a motorcar, or a flying machine. …
Read More »BBC iPlayer coming to Xbox Live
Xbox 360 owners may be able to access digital TV service BBC iPlayer via Xbox Live as early as next week. Eurogamer reports that iPlayer – which is already available on PSN and Wii – will arrive on Live after Microsoft and the BBC reached an agreement. It allows users …
Read More »UPDATE: GAME blocked from stocking Star Wars Xbox 360 console
The upcoming Limited Edition Star Wars themed Xbox 360 hardware SKU will not be stocked at GAME, MCV can reveal. News broke just moments ago that both Microsoft and Activision have joined Sega, Capcom, Nintendo and Tecmo Koei in refusing to sell stock to GAME Group stores. MCV has learned …
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