Archive For Microsoft Tag

Split/Second Developers Working on New Racer

Split/Second Developers Working on New Racer

Split/Second: Velocity developers Black Rock Studios are reportedly working on a new 'unannounced' racer project for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. This news came via a job ad on Disney Interactive's site.... Read More

Take Two: Red Dead Redemption is a ‘Game Changer’

Take Two: Red Dead Redemption is a ‘Game Changer’

Apparently, the recently released Red Dead Redemption is quite close to publisher Take Two's heart, as CEO Ben Feder has emphasised how much of an impact Rockstar's western epic has had on the publish... Read More

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Could Spawn An Entire Series of its Own

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Could Spawn An Entire Series of its Own

Whereas it's clear by now that MGS: Rising, the hack and slash action adventure based on the ninja from MGS2, Raiden, is not the next instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series, but rather a spin off, ... Read More

Dead Rising 2 Gets Delayed By A Month

Dead Rising 2 Gets Delayed By A Month

For any of you who were looking forward to the sequel to Capcom's zombie swarming adventure, you'll have to wait just a little longer. IGN announces that Capcom has delayed Dead Rising 2 by a month in... Read More

The New Xbox 360 Is Crashing Thanks to Overheating. Oh, Wait…

The New Xbox 360 Is Crashing Thanks to Overheating. Oh, Wait…

The original Xbox 360 will go down in history as one of the most explosive devices ever created. Like, literally (although technically, the Xbox 360 imploded, and not exploded, as popular internet jar... Read More

Activision: GoldenEye Wii Exclusivity a Good Deal

Activision: GoldenEye Wii Exclusivity a Good Deal

With the recent announcement of a GoldenEye remake exclusively for the Wii, talks surrounding the game have been floating around- some say the decision is a brilliant one, and that the Wii is the perf... Read More

No Final Fantasy XIV on the 360, LIVE too “Closed”

No Final Fantasy XIV on the 360, LIVE too “Closed”

Sqaure Enix recently confirmed that Final Fantasy XIV will remain an exclusive to the PS3, and blamed the decision on Microsoft's 'closed' infrastructure. Apparently, Xbox LIVE, Micrsoft's online serv... Read More

Kinect to be Demoed in Game, HMV

Kinect to be Demoed in Game, HMV

GAME and HMV will be demoing Microsoft's all new motion sensor, Kinect in-store to please the UK public. "The key to Kinect and to getting customers is obviously all about demonstration," head of U... Read More

Bad Company Co-op DLC = Hurray!

Bad Company Co-op DLC = Hurray!

EA and Dice have just released some new DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and it's called "Onslaught", which means you have to get ready to face off against waves and waves of enemies who just want ... Read More

BBC iPlayer is Not Coming to the Xbox 360, So Stop Asking

BBC iPlayer is Not Coming to the Xbox 360, So Stop Asking

Microsoft's Senior Regional Director for Northern Europe, Neil Thompson, has confirmed that the company currently has no plans on bringing over the BBC iPlayer to the Xbox 360, thus conclusively debun... Read More

RUMOR: Last.FM Hitting PS3 Soon

RUMOR: Last.FM Hitting PS3 Soon

While the odd fanboy may gloat over Last.FM's exclusivity to the Xbox 360 (wtf?), it appears that the popular music streaming service was exclusive to Microsoft's little white explosive box for only a... Read More

Kinect “won’t change games industry,” says Square Enix

Kinect “won’t change games industry,” says Square Enix

Square Enix global boss Yoichi Wada says that Microsoft's motion sensor, Kinect is "just a small extension to what is already available" in the games industry. He believes the next industry-changing t... Read More

Retailers Call for a Kinect Price Cut

Retailers Call for a Kinect Price Cut

Microsoft's motion sensor, Kinect, was rumoured to be priced at $149, and the Microsoft Store confirms this. Retailers though, it seems, are not happy with this price. They say Kinect should be priced... Read More

Halo: Reach Comic Book Adaption Coming From Marvel

Halo: Reach Comic Book Adaption Coming From Marvel

Looks like Halo: Reach is gonna be spread out over as many media as it can. It already exists as a (rather good) novel titled Halo: The Fall of Reach, the video gam adaptation of said novel, Halo: Rea... Read More

The Red Brick Of Death (New Xbox 360 Already “RROD’d”)

The Red Brick Of Death (New Xbox 360 Already “RROD’d”)

Two days earlier we had reported that the Xbox 360 will pop up a warning message and will undergo shut down mode whenever the system will heat up in order to prevent RROD. It seems that work around wo... Read More

Sega to Create a “Hardcore” Kinect Title

Sega to Create a “Hardcore” Kinect Title

In an interview with ComputerAndVideoGames.com, Sega told us they will be releasing a "sophisticated" game for the Kinect, which will take full advantage of the motion sensor's capabilities, and will ... Read More

Alan Wake 2 still not in development

Alan Wake 2 still not in development

According to Remedy's boss, Oskari Hakkinen, Alan Wake 2 is still not confirmed, and is not in development for now. "We're in a limbo at the moment where neither of us are talking about it. " he sa... Read More

New Rayman Goes Episodic

New Rayman Goes Episodic

This looks as if it might escalate into a full blown epidemic. After Sonic 4 went episodic earlier this year, Ubisoft's Ubiart blog has confirmed that the newest Rayman too will be available not as on... Read More

New Portal 2 Footage

New Portal 2 Footage

Two new E3 videos for Portal 2 were recently released, which delved upon the two most important aspects of the game, the story and the gameplay. The first video shows the player standing in front o... Read More

Micosoft Believes Kinect Will Extend Lifespan of Xbox 360 by Another 5 Years

Micosoft Believes Kinect Will Extend Lifespan of Xbox 360 by Another 5 Years

So there you have it, fellas. Pretty much the only major consoles manufacturer who hadn't committed itself for a 10 year lifespan for its current console (Sony has infamously stated that the PS3 will ... Read More