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There were 108,000 unique Twitch broadcasts from Xbox One in the first week since the streaming tech was patched onto the machine. On March 11th specifically, which was the first day Twitch was available on Xbox One, 30 per cent of the service’s broadcasts were made from Microsoft’s machine. The …
Read More »Microsoft will offer ‘the best lineup of content in a long time’ at E3
Forget Xbox One’s multimedia capabilities – Microsoft’s new message is that games are very much the focus. In fact, new Xbox boss Phil Spencer has promised that the platform holder will unveil an unprecedented selection of content at E3 this June. He told Polygon that Xbox will have "the best …
Read More »Deep Silver confirms next-gen Metro release
Metro Redux is real and in the works for the latest generation of consoles, publisher Deep Silver has confirmed. Rumour of the franchise’s jump to next-gen broke yesterday, when a pair of images mentioning the Metro Redux SKU for PS4, Xbox One and PC hit the web. Deep Silver has …
Read More »Phil Spencer takes over Xbox division
Microsoft veteran Phil Spencer will now lead a reorganised Xbox division. The new-look division combines Xbox, Xbox Live development teams and the Microsoft studios. He will report to Terry Myerson, who is in charge of the group developing operating systems, as the two business areas look to work closer together. …
Read More »Phil Spencer named head of Xbox
Microsoft exec leading Microsoft Studios and Xbox Music and Video teams
Read More »Microsoft aiming for Chinese Xbox One launch
The Xbox One is being lined up for a release in China, Microsoft has said. Global Times reports that Microsoft’s global vice president Zhang Yaqin has said that the platform holder is stepping up efforts to bring in its multi-purpose Xbox game console to the Chinese market as soon as …
Read More »Metro 2033 and Last Light bundle could be PS4 and Xbox One bound
A new Metro bundle looks likely to be heading to both next-gen consoles. AllGamesBeta grabbed a pair of images from Italian website Everyeye.it that mention a SKU called Metro Redux for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The images mention both 2010 title Metro 2033 and its 2013 sequel Metro: Last …
Read More »Minecraft title update hits Xbox 360, PS3 this week
Minecraft’s next major console update is ready to launch, Mojang has announced. The indie studio listed out the notes for Title Update 14 in a post on its website, adding that the patch will land today on Xbox 360 and tomorrow on PS3. The new update features a new zombies …
Read More »MonoGame hopes to bring XNA-based framework to all consoles this year
Project leads for open-source project in discussions with platform holders
Read More »Wolfenstein: The New Order brought forward a bit
Bethesda has announced a slight adjustment to the UK and European (and Australian) release date for Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game had originally been scheduled to arrive in our fair lands on May 23rd but will now settle on these shores at the same time it graces North America …
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