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Microsoft is letting Xbox 360 owners access entertainment apps such as Netflix for free from April 20th until April 23rd. No Xbox Live Gold membership will be required during this time either – anyone with a 360 will be able to access all of the online service’s features. As part …

Spectacular. Truly spectacular. And the picture of the first-gen Xbox Metro has used really rounds it off. Today’s copy of freesheet newspaper Metro takes alarmist mainstream video gaming reporting to a WHOLE new level. Check this headline: Xbox paedophile predators ‘move in on prey within two minutes of contact”. We …

Industry icon reveals why he quit Microsoft in pursuit of that perfect game, and why he now needs you...

Xbox team wants player mood to be integrated within game narrative

New report claims the next-gen system will fight piracy with constant internet requirement

Face it – this won’t stop until we finally see the machines at either E3 this June or E3 2013. Today’s report comes from VG247, which claims to have word on the Next Xbox’s specs from an assortment of anonymous sources. Firstly, the site takes great delight in stressing that …

Established Xbox rumour-monger ‘MS Nerd’ has claimed Microsoft will reveal a new Xbox Lite console at E3 in June. The device, he says, will be similar in design to Apple TV, containing an ARM-based architecture and retailing for something in the region of 100. It will focus on Xbox’s networked …

Alan Wake outfit turns attention to future, unannounced platforms

GameStop exec says a market without second-hand sales is 'unproven'

Mark Pincus, the boss of social and casual gaming giant Zynga, has hinted at what appears to be a possible partnership with Microsoft that could see Zynga titles appear on Xbox. Speaking of cross-device compatibility, Pincus told GigaOM that: "Right now we are building back-end technology, so that your game …