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A month and a half on from Microsoft’s assurances that hackers are not accessing Xbox Live customer details, fresh evidence has appeared suggesting that a problem persists. In November 2010 UK newspaper The Sun ran a front page story focusing on the alleged hack, though Microsoft quickly moved to dismiss …
Read More »XBL indie games games can now be bigger, cheaper
Microsoft can seemingly do no right when it comes to indie developers on Xbox Live, but a new set of policy changes may go some way toward appeasing the indie dev community. Three major changes have now been made to the Indie Games developer T&C’s. First, games can now be …
Read More »Rumour: ‘Xbox design head replaced’
Xbox experiences manager Emma Williams to replace Don Coyner after ten years in role
Read More »Microsoft seeking TV exec for Xbox Live
Current and former NBC execs reportedly approached to take on new role
Read More »Apple approves Microsoft Xbox app for iOS
'My Xbox Live' gives customers mobile access to their gaming account
Read More »Microsoft launches official Xbox Live app
iPad and iPhone users can now access their Xbox Live account via an official Microsoft app. The iOS software allows 360 owners to sign in and interact with their friends without the need for a console, according to Major Nelson. They can read and send messages, manage their friends list …
Read More »Microsoft app to converge Xbox and Windows Phone
Smartphone app allows players to browse, control and purchase Xbox media
Read More »LoveFilm hits Xbox 360 with new dashboard tomorrow
Microsoft has confirmed that streaming movie service LoveFilm will arrive on Xbox 360 tomorrow alongside the rollout of the console’s new firmware and dashboard design. LoveFilm has been available on PS3 for some time. In the US the new service will be joined by a number of others, too, such …
Read More »Microsoft insists again: Xbox Live "has not been hacked"
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has responded to the latest claims from UK newspaper The Sun, insisting for a second time that Xbox Live has most certainly not been hacked. The assurance comes despite ongoing claims from The Sun that users have not succumb merely to a phishing scam. Indeed, …
Read More »2003’s Rayman 3 getting HD update
Ubisoft has announced that Rayman 3 is being remade in HD and will receive a digital release on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. The game was originally released in 2003 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. As well as 720p HD visuals, this new version will also run at …
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