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Console giant to dedicate all of its TV resources to make console the 'premium entertainment service'
Read More »Report: Next Xbox set for May 21st reveal
Durango will use development tools and APIs similar to those for Windows 8
Read More »Disc-less new Xbox SKU scrapped; Will be called just ‘Xbox’; $99 360 also planned – report
Established technology blogger Paul Thurrott has made several claims about the new Xbox – and chief amongst them is the scrapping of a second disc-less SKU. "We have talked for a while about this notion that there might be another version of the Xbox that was just aimed at entertainment …
Read More »Microsoft apologises for dev’s always-on outburst
Executive's Twitter comments do not reflect company's views, says console giant
Read More »OPINION: Xbox absence tells us nothing about next-gen
If you’re from this part of the industry – and pretty much almost everyone at GDC last week was or had been at some point in their life – the most asked and unanswered question of the show was around next-gen consoles. While Sony was there and shared somemore detail …
Read More »GDC 13: New directions and the search for enlightenment
Develop's EIC reviews the major trends in San Francisco last week
Read More »Minecraft holds Xbox Live UK No.1 spot for ninth consecutive week
Minecraft is the No.1 UK Xbox Live Arcade game for the ninth week on the trot. It’s been No.1 since we started printing our exclusive XBLA charts back in February. The game has withheld stiff competition from free-to-play game Happy Wars, plus a string of price discounts in recent weeks. …
Read More »Minecraft is a system-seller for Xbox 360
Consumers are buying Xbox 360 consoles purely to play Minecraft says Graeme Taylor, store manager at indie retailer Game On. Game On told MCV that the Xbox Live Arcade title, which has sat at the top of the XBLA charts now for almost a year, has helped the firm shift …
Read More »Next Xbox leak reiterates always-online requirement
Optical discs will be used for installs only, report claims
Read More »New ‘Xbox 720 leak’ says it is "Always On, Always Connected" – will only install from optical discs
Does a new report confirm that Xbox 720’s always-on web connection will eventually lock-out second hand games? VGLeaks has taken a look at the Durango-codenamed device’s purported software development kit (called an XDK – Xbox Development Kit by Microsoft). The Hardware Overview in the device’s documentation details summarises both the …
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