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Entertainment Studios head Nancy Tellem says shows targeting core audience of gamers
Read More »Xbox and Channel 4 to create new TV show Humans
Sci-fi drama Humans to debut on Channel 4 and Xbox next year. Kudos, the studio behind Broadchurch, The Hour, Utopia and The Tunnel, is producing eight hour-long episodes of the series, which is based on the original Swedish series Real Humans. It will air on Channel 4 in the UK …
Read More »THE BIG INTERVIEW: Xbox’s Phil Spencer on winning back the gamers
Phil Spencer has spent 26 years working for Microsoft. He’s worked across divisions and on products that range from Encarta and Microsoft Works, to Fable and Halo 4. He has quite the CV and, as a creator at heart, was perhaps the obvious choice to succeed Don Mattrick as the …
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 unveils new Kinect for Windows
Microsoft has revealed what its new Kinect for Windows looks like… and it looks exactly the same as the Xbox One version. Well, actually, it is sightly different. The shiny Xbox logo has been replaced with a basic light dot. And it says the word ‘Kinect’ on the top. The …
Read More »Now Microsoft is tipped for virtual reality push
It really does look as if VR is going to be the next interactive tech battleground. The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to people familiar with the project”, Microsoft has joined the list of companies actively developing virtual reality hardware. The tech has allegedly been in development in conjunction …
Read More »Marc Whitten leaves Xbox
Xbox’s chief product officer Marc Whitten has left the company. He’s off to take up the same position and Sonos after 14 years at Microsoft, throughout which he played a big part in all three Xbox launches. His former Xbox team will now report to executive VP Terry Myerson. I’m …
Read More »Marc Whitten leaves Xbox team
Microsoft confirms chief product officer’s departure, ending a 14-year career at the platform holder
Read More »Xbox One hardware jumps 96% on Titanfall launch
Titanfall is comfortably this week’s UK No.1, and boost Xbox One hardware sales by almost 100 per cent. 70 per cent of all Xbox One consoles sold last week came bundled with Titanfall, Chart-Track says. Titanfall is EA’s first No.1 that isn’t a FIFA game for over a year. The …
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