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Microsoft to increase the price of Xbox Live Gold
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be increasing the price of Xbox Live Gold in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States. From November 1st 2010, the price of an annual Xbox Live Gold subscription will increase from $49.99 to $59.99 in the US. Monthly charges will also rise to $9.99, up from $7.99. [...]
Xbox advert criticised by advertising watchdog for using Playstation images to promote game
The Advertising Standards Authority found that Square-Enix, the makers of the sci-fi role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII, had misled video-gamers by not using images from the Xbox 360 but from its rival, the Playstation 3 (PS3). The ASA acted after one viewer complained that the sequence of images from the game released in March this [...]
Microsoft Will Offer Xbox 360 for Five More Years
Microsoft Corp. will continue to offer the Xbox 360 for the next five years, expanding the lifespan of the console to 10 years, said Chris Lewis, vice president for interactive entertainment business in Europe. The company is trying to lengthen the Xbox 360’s shelf life with new features and services, such as the motion-sensing Kinect [...]
New Halo video game leaked
Microsoft’s highly anticipated Halo: Reach video game has been leaked to file-sharing websites ahead of its official release on Sept. 14. The game, the latest in Microsoft’s acclaimed Halo science-fiction shooter series, was obtained and cracked by GameTuts, a website devoted to modifying and cracking video game consoles. “Me and my team finally did it; [...]
CBC: Kinect review – Microsoft’s jump and play game for the non-gaming crowd
This November, Microsoft will launch Kinect, the latest addition to its Xbox 360 gaming system, with the hope of stealing the crown from Nintendo’s Wii console as well as the Sony motion-gaming platform that is also coming out this fall. The difference is that Kinect requires no hand-held controller, instead using a specially designed camera [...]
Sony: hands-free motion tech not viable
Sony dismissed the idea of adopting hands-free motion controls – similar to that of Microsoft’s Kinect – because the technology felt awkward to use, Sony’s senior researcher Richard Marks has toldVideoGamer.com. At a PlayStation move technology showcase last week, Marks revealed that Sony did look into hands-free tech using a 3D camera, but it simply [...]
Microsoft confirms Kinect price
Kinect will cost £129.99/€149.99, and come bundled with launch title Kinect Adventures, Microsoft has confirmed. “We obviously don’t make pricing decisions without doing our research,” Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg told Eurogamer in an interview published elsewhere on the site. “We’ve done a number of pricing studies on a global scale across a whole variety of [...]
How Much is Xbox Live Worth? Try Over $1 Billion.
How much is Xbox Live really worth? All it took was a little back of the envelope figuring for Bloomberg to come up with $1 billion in annual revenue for Microsoft’s fiscal year, ending June 30. While Microsoft’s been mum about revenue from its online entertainment service for the Xbox 360, Bloomberg simply multiplied the number [...]
Xbox 360 ‘Clearly on Downside of Lifecycle’, says Analyst
E3 was hugely exciting if you like seeing new hardware. The 3DS arguably stole the show, while Microsoft and Sony put emphasis on their respective motion platforms. DFC Intelligence has noted that Nintendo had the “strongest showing” and the market research firm outlined the big challenges that both Microsoft and Sony will face. Xbox 360 [...]
Xbox Live Family Pack revealed
New pack will include four Xbox Live Gold memberships, access to the Family Centre, and activity monitoring report; launches November and costs £69 ($99). A new Xbox Live Family Pack has been unveiled by Microsoft, costing £69 ($99). Set to launch this November, the pack will give families up to four-year-long Xbox Live Gold memberships [...]