Xbox Gold Members Offered Refund
News Posted 14|May by Tim Smith
Users of video apps such as Netflix can claim back
Microsoft, possibly under some pressure from suppliers, has removed the requirement for its Xbox Live users also to have to take out an annual 'Gold' subscription in order to use streaming apps such as Hulu and Netflix - both of which require their own tolls. So where does that leave you if you've already paid?» Read More
Carmack Struggles with Console Generation Updates
News Posted 12|Dec by Tim Smith
The man who brought us Doom speaks developer sense
John Carmack has transcended 'Industry Legend' status to become an 'Industry Founding Father'. The man who brought us id Software and games such as Commander Keen and Doom may no longer be innovating but he is sharing his wisdom, specifically regarding wasting console momentum.» Read More
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Steve Ballmer: Xbox "My Decision, My Accountability"
News Posted 11|Dec by Tim Smith
As Microsoft CEO leaves so does the impetus behind Xbox
Steve Ballmer is leaving Microsoft's CEO seat and with him may also be going the main driver behind the Xbox.
Ballmer's given a bunch of interviews that do the standard, "We've faced challenges, we'll survive, I love Microsoft" stuff but then he deals with Xbox and plants a worrying seed given stockholder worry and even the potential for the new Microsoft management to ditch the division. Fortune Magazine tells it like this:
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Ballmer's given a bunch of interviews that do the standard, "We've faced challenges, we'll survive, I love Microsoft" stuff but then he deals with Xbox and plants a worrying seed given stockholder worry and even the potential for the new Microsoft management to ditch the division. Fortune Magazine tells it like this:
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Calls Mount for Microsoft to Sell Off Xbox Business
News Posted 13|Nov by Tim Smith
Paul Allen now taking against the business
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen is joining the authoritative voices in recent weeks calling for the company to sell - or spin-off - its Xbox business in the lead up to the launch of Xbox One this month.» Read More
Microsoft Should Spin Out of Cash Bleeding Xbox
News Posted 7|Nov by Tim Smith
Microsoft losing $2.5 billion on Skype, Xbox, and Windows Phone
Microsoft is apparently making $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent royalties and using this to prop up and ailing division responsible for the Xbox and Windows Phone according to an analyst at respected Japanese bank Nomura.» Read More
Ballmer Takes Over Xbox One
News Posted 2|Jul by Tim Smith
Don Matrick's early exit brings in the big gun
Don Mattrick's departure from his role as head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division would appear to be a case of "pushed into jumping" given that no one has been pulled in as his naturally and elegantly installed replacement.» Read More
GAME Bucks the Hatred - Opens Xbox Only Store in Hipster Central
News Posted 18|Jun by Tim Smith
Proves yet what we all thought about Xbox One
The GAME Group is bucking the ongoing trends of hating Microsoft's Xbox One and hating hipsters from London and specifically from Shoreditch by opening a store in Shoreditch specifically to sell Xbox kit.» Read More
Lionhead Teases Fable 1 HD Remake for Xbox 360
News Posted 4|Jun by Svend Joscelyne
Jack of Blades is back.
It's the remake that everybody has been asking for, apparently. But Lionhead has heard those calls, teasing a high-definition remastering of its Xbox (original) RPG, Fable.The studio released the following teaser trailer, which features an appearance by Fable's villain Jack of Blades. "I have returned," he says, after a collage of tweets requesting an HD remake of the cult role-playing game.
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Microsoft Xbox Division Not a Trojan Horse Now
News Posted 19|Apr by Tim Smith
Hardware down... Xbox Live up, up and away!
For many years there has been an argument that Microsoft is happy to use its Entertainment and Devices Division (basically, Xbox Central) as some sort of loss-leader or 'Trojan Horse" to get the young folks into the Microsoft fold. Not any longer.» Read More
Former Microsoft Exec Joins the 'Sack Ballmer' Brigade
News Posted 22|Jan by Svend Joscelyne
Former Xbox executive 'had no room to breathe'.
With Microsoft seemingly unable to compete on the same level as Apple, Google and Samsung in certain markets, pundit sentiment towards the technology powerhouse has turned somewhat sour. Part of the solution, according to a former executive, is to get shot of the man at the top - Steve Ballmer.» Read More
Bungie: Xbox LIVE Wouldn't Have Made It Without Us
News Posted 16|Nov by Svend Joscelyne
Halo series pushed the service further.
While Xbox LIVE celebrated ten years of online service, one former Microsoft Games Studio was beating its proverbial chest about its role in the platform's success. And for good reason too, to be quite honest. That studio was Bungie, creator of the Halo series.» Read More
Minecraft Beats Call of Duty Black Ops in Xbox Live
News Posted 25|May by Tim Smith
Who says gamers are mindless shooter fans?
Much debate has been had over recent years about whether video gaming is becoming less adolescent with a focus on shooting baddies dead dead dead! Well, on the side of people who believe that gaming can be creative and constructive is news from Major Nelson regarding block builder Minecraft and Dead! Dead! Dead! shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops.» Read More
ITC Judge Rules for Xbox Sales Ban Over Patent Violations
News Posted 23|May by Svend Joscelyne
Video codecs and wireless technology patents allegedly violated.
A US International Trade Commission judge has ruled that Microsoft's Xbox should be banned from import and sale for violating four patents owned by Motorola Mobility. The patents in question cover a H.264 video compression codec in the Xbox console itself, and the wireless technology found within its controllers.» Read More
Decadence Alert! Xbox is 10 Years Old Today
News Posted 15|Nov by Tim Smith
A console that was a genuine game changer deserves our applause
On November 15th 2001 the Xbox was launched in the USA, changing gaming and moving the console war from a predominantly Japan-only affair to a slightly more global conflict. That is 10 years ago this very day.
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Last Xbox Founder Leaves Microsoft
News Posted 25|May by Staff
Seeks new opportunities.
The last of the original founders of the Xbox console has handed in his resignation to Microsoft. Otto Berkes follows Ted Hase, Kevin Bachus and Seamus Blackey in leaving the software and hardware company for pastures new.
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