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New Xbox 360 disc format adds 1GB of space

New Xbox 360 disc format adds 1GB of space

Microsoft is currently running a public preview program for a new Xbox 360 disc format, and according to recent reports, the disc format will add 1 GB extra space. Digital Foundry's "highly placed ... Read More

MS running beta for new X360 disc format

MS running beta for new X360 disc format

Microsoft is currently running a beta for "an updated Xbox 360 disc format." "We are conducting an open call for US based participants for a public preview to help us prepare for an updated Xbox... Read More

XBLA deal of the week – four arcade titles on the cheap

XBLA deal of the week – four arcade titles on the cheap

The Xbox Live Arcade has once again granted us a deal of the week, but for four arcade titles rather than just one. From now until April 4 you can save on the following: A World of Keflings â... Read More

Xbox Live Arcade Triple Pack – LIMBO, Trials HD & ‘Splosion Man

Xbox Live Arcade Triple Pack – LIMBO, Trials HD & ‘Splosion Man

Microsoft is releasing a retail package that will run you $29.99 and will include  the three arcade game LIMBO, Trials HD as well as Splosion Man.  Anyone who does not have these game should defin... Read More

Video Game Releases this week: Shift 2, Tiger Woods and NASCAR

Video Game Releases this week: Shift 2, Tiger Woods and NASCAR

Looks like this will be a hot week for gamers with some major games releasing for every system. We have covered maximum number of platform releases including PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS and MAC. So ... Read More

Gears of War 3′s Visual Evolution Is Phenomenal: A Screenshot Comparison

Gears of War 3′s Visual Evolution Is Phenomenal: A Screenshot Comparison

Note: Please click the image to see it in a pop up and use the back-next buttons to navigate through them. The images above are from Gears of War 3 and the ones below are from Gears of War 2. gear... Read More

10 Xbox 360 games we want to see in 2012 [Gallery]

10 Xbox 360 games we want to see in 2012 [Gallery]

[drop-cap]T[/drop-cap]he future is always uncertain. It is with this in mind that I’m going to try and wishfully think about what Xbox 360 games we’ll see in 2012. With many of the games... Read More

Rumor: Forza 4 To Have 500 Cars! Plus A Kinect Mode

Rumor: Forza 4 To Have 500 Cars! Plus A Kinect Mode

Alright this is all based on a survey that was done, so nothing is concrete yet.  We new that Forza Motorsport 4 would have Kinect support but now it could very well have a casual mode, driving c... Read More

New Xbox to launch in 2015?

New Xbox to launch in 2015?

According to a designer brought in by the platform holder's Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft may be aiming to launch a successor to the Xbox 360 sometime in 2015. Designer Ben Pete... Read More

MS defend the price of Games on Demand titles

MS defend the price of Games on Demand titles

Microsoft have defended the "relatively" high pricing of digital titles on its Xbox 360 Games on Demand service by claiming that customers are paying for the convenience of the service. Some girls s... Read More

New Gears of War 3 Beta screens released

New Gears of War 3 Beta screens released

Please use the back-next button to navigate through them. gears-3-1 I know these are not the highest quality screens around, but you guys to have to wait a bit. As soon as we have them ... Read More

Halo Reach Defiant DLC out now

Halo Reach Defiant DLC out now

All you intrepid Halo fans need wait no longer: The Defiant map pack is now available for 800 points on Xbox Live. Created in partnership with Certain Affinity, who previously worked on Halo 2 maps... Read More

Crysis 2 vs Crysis 1: 1080P In Game Screenshot Comparison

Crysis 2 vs Crysis 1: 1080P In Game Screenshot Comparison

Please click the image to see it in a pop up and use back-next button to navigate through them. crysis-2-versus-crysis-1-screen-1 Crysis 2 is just about two weeks away from us and the h... Read More

Yoostar 2 now available

Yoostar 2 now available

Yoostar  today announced that Yoostar 2 is now available across Europe and EMEA, distributed by NAMCO BANDAI Partners S.A.S. Removing the barrier between popular online social networking sites an... Read More

Microsoft Consider Punishing Users Of MS Points Generator

Microsoft Consider Punishing Users Of MS Points Generator

A few days ago a user post appeared on The Tech Game.com featuring an algorithm which could produce working Microsoft points.  Microsoft discovered and stopped the exploit within hours but a substa... Read More

This Kinect video will blow you away

This Kinect video will blow you away

People have been doing some strange things with Kinect and this one will probably will blow your mind. In this video you will see John Boiles controlling characters in Valve's Source game engine usi... Read More

Microsoft hopes for Gears 3 to lure CoD fans

Microsoft hopes for Gears 3 to lure CoD fans

Kevin Unangst, senior producer at Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, hopes that Gears 3 will be able to convert FPS gamers who enjoy the Halo and Call of Duty games into third person sh... Read More

Gears of War 3 Beta date revealed, plans detailed

Gears of War 3 Beta date revealed, plans detailed

Microsoft's detailed the Gears of War 3 beta plan and it'll be kicking off from April 25 onwards. If you've bought the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm, you can access it from April 18. The beta wi... Read More

Fable III ‘Traitor’s Keep’ DLC Now Available on Xbox Live

Fable III ‘Traitor’s Keep’ DLC Now Available on Xbox Live

This is actually the second DLC pack for Fable 3, the first one was just rather short and did not include much content or any Achievements.  Now the 'Traitor's Keep' DLC for Fable 3 just released to... Read More

Microsoft promise increased interest in Kinect from developers

Microsoft promise increased interest in Kinect from developers

Senior producer of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, Kevin Unangst, has recently gone on record promising that the Xbox 360 motion sensing peripheral will be "nothing but exciting fr... Read More