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'Possible phishing attempts' suspected on Xbox Live, company claims
Read More »Xbox Live ‘to embrace free-to-play’
'Inside sources' claim free games will feature in-game currency
Read More »Telltale Games on adventure games and episodic content
Dan Connors talks adventures in episodic gaming
Read More »Xbox Live points coming to local tills?
Gamers could soon be able to buy Xbox Live, PSN or Nintendo points from their local newsagents. That’s if PaySafeCard gets its own way. The firm operates a service where customers can get code print-outs from tills, similar to how mobile top-ups work. It already offers Facebook Credits, as well …
Read More »MS probes Indie Games scam
Microsoft is to investigate claims that an organised group of people have made deceitful ratings to some Xbox Live Indie Games. The accusation is that Crosse Studios, developers of the XBLIG game College Lacrosse, had asked fans on its Facebook page to improve the user rating of the title. This …
Read More »Resident Evil remakes are digital only
As was rumoured yesterday, Capcom has confirmed that it will re-release both Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica in HD. Interestingly, both will be available only as digital downloads via Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network and will not be boxed releases at retail. Both will be release …
Read More »GAME takes XBLA cards to Oxford Street
Gamers can now buy Xbox Live Arcade titles from GAME’s flagship London Oxford Street store. It is the next stage in the firm’s roll out of XBLA games in-store. The trial features 30 XBLA games and DLC sold in over 40 GAME outlets. Game cards range in price from 2.04 …
Read More »Zynga dismisses Xbox Live
Casual gaming giant unlikely to make the move to consoles; XBLA too 'small'
Read More »Zynga dismisses ‘small’ Xbox Live
Xbox Live is widely regarded as the leading light of online console networks. So what does it say when the leading casual games developer Zynga dismisses it as small beans for games as popular as its own? "Xbox Live’s too small a demographic," chief game designer Brian Reynolds told Industry …
Read More »MS defends Games-On-Demand pricing
Platform holder Microsoft has once again defended what many see as the inflated prices it charges for full games downloads on its Xbox Live Games-On-Demand service. The fresh outcry comes after Halo: Reach arrived on the service at a full RRP of 49.99. "No one retailer has the lowest pricing …
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