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Microsoft reveals more indie-developed titles heading to Xbox One
Read More »Trade price cuts for Xbox, Take-Two and Ubisoft products this month
Distributor Exertis is lowering prices on a number of gaming products as part of a month-long promotion. ‘March Madness’ started on February 27th and will run until March 31st. Each day will focus on a specific brand, with headset specialists Turtle Beach and Polk, as well as racing wheel peripheral …
Read More »The give and take of ID@Xbox: Deco Digital’s story
Pneuma: Breath of Life producer Joe Brammer offers advice on how to get the most from Microsoft’s indie initiative
Read More »Phantom Dust dev Darkside loses Microsoft partnership, reportedly closes
Confusion surrounds development of revived Xbox IP as platform holder 'ends working relationship'
Read More »Xbox One could become dev kit this year
Microsoft to detail plans for console apps in April
Read More »PlayStation won 2014’s battle of the gaming headlines, report claims
An analysis of articles published online in 2014 has shown that PlayStation enjoyed around 35 per cent more coverage than Xbox. A report from Ico Partners’ Thomas Bidaux found that the PlayStation brand as a whole was the subject of 560,573 articles while the Xbox brand received 411,380. That number …
Read More »Sega Europe’s Amanda Farr joins Xbox UK
Sega’s European marketing director Amanda Farr is moving to Xbox UK. Farr will be serving as head of Xbox content and services in the UK from March 2nd, and will be reporting to Xbox UK director of marketing Harvey Eagle. In this role she will be overseeing the management of …
Read More »Xbox designers’ card game Kickstarted in less than 20 minutes
Exploding Kittens raises more funding than Oculus Rift
Read More »Xbox designers enjoy record Kickstarter success with card game Exploding Kittens
A new card game created by two Xbox designers has set the world of crowdfunding alight. Exploding Kittens is co-created by former Xbox chief design officer Elan Lee, former Xbox Entertainment principle art director Shane Small and The Oatmeal creator Matt Inman. Having sought just $10k in funding the game …
Read More »Microsoft happy for users to make money from their Xbox game footage on YouTube and Twitch
The greenlight has been given to gamers to monetise footage of their Xbox gameplay on YouTube and Twitch. Microsoft has granted users personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicenseable, non-transferable, revocable, limited license” to use game content to generate ad revenue on both video services. Any content not posted to YouTube of Twitch, however, …
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