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Microsoft’s Games with Gold program has kicked off with the first free title being offered to Xbox Gold Live members. The game in question is Defense Grid: The Awakening – a 2009 Xbox Live title that normally retails for 800 Microsoft Points. Two free games will be offered each month, …
Read More »Microsoft scraps Xbox 360 developer patch charges
Developers no longer have to pay to patch their games on Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports that the policy change was made earlier this year. Until this point developers had to pay a fee upon the submission of patches. The exception to this was a game’s first patch, which could be …
Read More »Wargaming prepared to "tolerate" Xbox Live restrictions
Free-to-play specialist Wargaming is delighted to be moving to Xbox – although it’s having to bite its tongue in the process. Wargaming’s CEO Victor Kislyi has confessed that he’s uneasy about certain elements of Microsoft’s ecosystem but says that he’ll just have to tolerate” it. "With Microsoft, unfortunately it’s not …
Read More »Respawn: Xbox Live cloud more than just dedicated servers
Player hosted-servers 'holding back online gaming', says Titanfall engineer
Read More »Microsoft investing $700m in Iowa data centre
Expanded facilities to help power Xbox Live and cloud capabilities for Xbox One
Read More »Microsoft still banking on Xbox One cloud computing
Vision surrounding cloud and Xbox Live remains unchanged despite always-on climb down, says March Whitten
Read More »State of Decay sales reach 500,000
Smash hit Xbox Live Arcade hit State of Decay has passed a new sales milestone. The Undead Labs developed title has now shifted an incredible 500,000 units since its release on June 5th. Microsoft says it is now the fastest selling original title ever on the service. It’s not been …
Read More »Insomniac: Xbox One offers quicker production cycles
Xbox Live capabilities allow studio to create 'on-going two-way dialogue' with community in Sunset Overdrive
Read More »Microsoft reassures players that Xbox Live ban won’t result in lost games
Some might say that losing your game collection for being racist and homophobic on Xbox Live is actually a good thing. However, the truth remains that racists and homophobes have big spending power (or at least their parents do) so Microsoft has moved to calm them by quelling fears that …
Read More »E3 2013: Xbox One to launch worldwide in November for £430
Microsoft's next-gen console to retail for $499 in the US
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