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Microsoft has designated Japan as a Tier 2 country for the launch of Xbox One, and promises that it won’t be too far behind the US release. The platform holder’s Japanese president and CEO Yasuyuki Higuchi confirmed the next-generation console won’t arrive in the region until next year during an …
Read More »Xbox One could replace code redemption with QR tags
We all hate laboriously typing in those 15-digit codes that publishers and platform holders insist on using, right? Well, those days could be numbered now that Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One version of Kinect will be able to read QR codes, according to IGN. Microsoft’s corporate VP for Xbox …
Read More »Xbox SmartGlass downloaded over 17m times
Entertainment app has been tweaked for multi-tasking with Xbox One
Read More »Edge fuels PS4 vs Xbox One rivalry with new issue
Future’s multiformat specialist consumer magazine Edge has told its readers that they should buy a PS4 – and that Xbox has ‘blown it’. The title unveiled a provocative new issue cover today which whole heartedly backs Sony over Microsoft. Reaction to the cover is already fierce – Edge is trending …
Read More »Ballmer to oversee Xbox business
Head of computing giant takes temporary charge following Don Mattrick's move to Zynga
Read More »LoveFilm exits game rental market
UK rental service Lovefilm has abandoned video games in order to reaffirm its focus on films and TV categories. The firm announced its decision today on the company’s website. "We are no longer offering games rental packages to either new customers, or those who wish to change from a non-games …
Read More »EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson on coming back to Wii U, giving up on Facebook and not ‘messing up’ PS4 or Xbox One
It’s a clich to liken EA Sports to a real sports team. But it’s easy to see why we do. And it’s not just because their studio has a gym, football pitch and basketball court. Nor is it because many of its staff look more like professional athletes than your …
Read More »Jenova Chen excited about Kinect 2
Journey creator talks about what's next for Thatgamecompany
Read More »Zynga stocks jump on Mattrick defection
News that the Xbox boss is replacing Mark Pincus as CEO sends social giant's stocks up ten percent
Read More »No immediate replacement for Mattrick, says Microsoft
Xbox has yet to say who will replace outgoing chief Don Mattrick – if, indeed anyone will take his soon-to-be-vacant role. This evening social games firm Zynga confirmed it had hired Mattrick as its new CEO. He starts at Zynga next week. In a memo to staff today Microsoft chief …
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