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Halo: Reach sells like crazy

Halo: Reach sells like crazy

Halo: Reach is truly the biggest Halo- heck, one of the biggest games- of all time. Following the footsteps of the conclusion to the grand Halo trilogy, Halo 3, Halo: Reach has become the biggest en... Read More

Why Fable III Might Be The Game The First One Should Have Been

Why Fable III Might Be The Game The First One Should Have Been

The story of the Fable series is incredibly interesting- it is a tale of crushing disappointment, bitter resentment, and unfulfilled promise on the one hand, and a charm that appeals to everybody,... Read More

New Crackdown 2 DLC Is Buggy

New Crackdown 2 DLC Is Buggy

Crackdown 2's newly released DLC, Toy Box (seriously, Toy Box) is riddled with bugs and glitches. Shacknews spotted players complaining of said glitches in the forums of the Ruffian Games website.... Read More

Cry, cry, Xbox Live subscription prices being hiked

Cry, cry, Xbox Live subscription prices being hiked

Microsoft aren't short on funds, yet they still greedily suck their customers of all their money, being the filthy bas*ards that they are. No, no, it's not that bad this time around, but still, I'm pi... Read More

RUMOUR: Microsoft redesining Xbox 360 Controller

RUMOUR: Microsoft redesining Xbox 360 Controller

We all know just how... terrible, terrible the D-Pad of the Xbox 360 controller is, and while I do agree that the all new Xbox 360 S controller looks too sexy and sleek to be a controller, the D-Pad ... Read More

Windows Phone 7 gaming will be like Xbox and Xbox Live

Windows Phone 7 gaming will be like Xbox and Xbox Live

Microsoft will soon release an Xbox Live- compatible Windows Phone 7 Operating system, which will provide a gaming experience "much more like Xbox and Xbox Live Arcade," says Microsoft exec Kevin Una... Read More

The Playstation 3 is NOT the First or Only Console That Does 3D Gaming

The Playstation 3 is NOT the First or Only Console That Does 3D Gaming

Sony's been concentrating on the 3D capabilities of its PS3 an awful lot lately, whereas the other two console manufacturers have been largely silent regarding the same. Nintendo has been giving glass... Read More

Microsoft scrapping cross-platform gaming?

Microsoft scrapping cross-platform gaming?

Many months ago, Microsoft had an idea to begin a project of cross platform gaming. Windows Live and Xbox Live players together, with games such as Gears of War available for both platforms. But what ... Read More

Yippee Moment of the Day: Halo Reach Xbox 360 S Bundle Coming Our Way

Yippee Moment of the Day: Halo Reach Xbox 360 S Bundle Coming Our Way

Halo Reach is probably gonna be the biggest game the Xbox 360 is ever going to get, and Microsoft is coming out all guns blazing to commermorate what looks like the ultimate title in the series. Ea... Read More

Xbox 360 Lifetime Sales Reach 42 Million

Xbox 360 Lifetime Sales Reach 42 Million

Microsoft just officially announced that their current generation home console, the Xbox 360, has now sold 41.7 million units. Microsoft and Devices Division also reported a huge year-on-year improvem... Read More

Medal of Honor Xbox 360 Beta Begins Today

Medal of Honor Xbox 360 Beta Begins Today

Finally, the Xbox 360 beta of Medal of Honor has begun, some time after it was launched for the PS3 and the PC. Anyone with an EA account should head to the Medal of Honor website (medalofhonor.com... Read More

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Release Date Confirmed

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Release Date Confirmed

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, the much anticipated XBox LIVE Arcade exclusive title, is set for release August 4, says Microsoft. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair will give you and upto five othe... Read More

Microsoft Thinks Activision Doesn’t Support PC Gaming

Microsoft Thinks Activision Doesn’t Support PC Gaming

Kotick went on record recently, talking about Activision being platform agnostic, and friendly to all forms of gaming, including, yes, PC gaming. Apprently, he's rubbed Microsoft off the wrong way. ... Read More

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

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

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

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