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The long awaited release of Halo Reach last week was the biggest games event of 2010 – but 2009’s gaming champ isn’t much impressed. According to figures from Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most played game on Xbox Live for the week ending …
Read More »Gamers to vote on XBLA deals
Users of Xbox Live are being offered the chance to vote for what content gets the online discount treatment in the Xbox Live Arcade Deal of the Week. Any users in the UK, US and Canada who sign in to Xbox Live should head over to the Spotlight channel for …
Read More »Limbo is No.1 XBLA summer game
Acclaimed platformer Limbo is the best-selling Xbox Live game of the summer, Microsoft has revealed. The downloadable Xbox 360 exclusive was released as part of the Summer of Arcade promotion in July which also featured Square Enix’s Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light. Our number one Summer of Arcade …
Read More »Interview: EA Bright Light’s Gary Napper
EA Bright Light speak to us about their upcoming sci-fi action game Spare Parts
Read More »Vagina game banned from XBLA
Microsoft will not approve the XBLA release of Zombie Cow’s ‘sex education’ title Privates. The game, which is set in various body parts including genitals, was commissioned by Channel 4’s Education Department to educate young people of sexually transmitted diseases. Ultimately Microsoft advised that the game wouldn’t pass the Indie …
Read More »Hydrophobia kicks off Live promotion
Xbox Live’s Hydrophobia is the lead game in Microsoft’s latest collection of digital titles – Game Feast. Like its Summer of Arcade promotion which featured games such as Limbo and Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light, Game Feast is Microsoft’s pick of new downloadable titles in early Q4. Hydrophobia …
Read More »Reach tops Halo 3 Xbox Live records
Halo: Reach has only been on the shelves for a day, but it is already rewriting the series’ achievements. Bungie has announced more consumers have been playing Reach online simultaneously than 2007’s Halo 3. The developer’s Twitter post said: Reach already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent …
Read More »Apples Game Center goes live
Apple has released the iOS 4.1 firmware upgrade for iPhone owners giving them access to Game Center. The Xbox Live-rivalling service allows users to invite friends to play games together, track and unlock achievements as well as compare high scores on the leader boards. So far reception for Game Center …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies hitting XBLA tomorrow
The Xbox 360 version of PopCap’s successful desktop defence title Plants vs Zombies will be released on XBL tomorrow (September 8th) for 1200 Microsoft Points – which is around 10. PopCap also confirmed retail versions of Zuma and Peggle will hit stores later this year. Plants vs Zombies on Xbox …
Read More »$100 Premium XBL service predicted
Earlier this week Microsoft announced that it is to increase the price of some Xbox Live subscription packages – but Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter thinks the platform holder is preparing to take things much further. The extra $10 translates to around $100-150 million per year inadditional revenue for Microsoft,” …
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