Tag Archives: xbox 360

PC and smartphones are overshadowing consoles, studio survey shows

A report has claimed that Microsoft is preparing a universal, cross-platform Xbox gaming platform similar in design to OnLive for launch in 2012. If true it would dismiss the ongoing whispers that Microsoft could snap-up the fledgling OnLive service and integrate into its own operations. ElectronicTheatre suggests that the new …

It’s not often that a racing game is a contender for the Game of the Year accolade, but Microsoft’s Forza Motorpsort 4 already looks like a serious contender. Just hours after the reviews embargo lifted Forza 4 is already averaging a spectacular 93 per cent on Metacritic. Like the step …

BBC content, Channel 4’s on demand service, Channel 5 and LoveFilm are amongst the biggest services now coming to Xbox 360. The services are due to be rolled out over the next three months and will take the number of TV and entertainment providers available on Xbox Live to over …

The digital release of Crysis on Xbox 360 has DRM? It’s the end of the world! EA are dead to me! I’m going to kill my cat! Calm down, people. The internet is currently up in arms amidst claims that the digital version of Crysis, which was released on Xbox …

Xbox 360 owners will soon be impervious to physical assault thanks to the latest entry in Ubisoft’s Coach series. My Self Defence Coach will be exclusive to Kinect and arrives in the UK on November 11th. The game follows the success of the publisher’s My Fitness Coach series, but focuses …

But there is a wider challenge for the traditional console manufacturers, study claims

Microsoft has confirmed that Gears of War 3 sold 3m units in its first week on the market. Epic’s highly rated shooter was released worldwide on Tuesday September 20th and was ushered in by over 22,000 midnight retail launches around the world. Microsoft adds that the game has already grossed …

EA has at last published the first official trailer for its exciting looking upcoming Syndicate reboot. And as was rumoured yesterday, the publisher has confirmed a February release date. Specifically, it will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 and PC on February 24th in Europe and February 21st in …

Microsoft will produce 17,000 Xbox 360 systems every week from a new manufacturing plant in Brazil that opens next month. The creation of this facility is part of the Xbox firm’s ongoing partnership with Flextronic Inc, adding to the manufacturing operations already running in China, according to Gamasutra. As a …