Tag Archive | "Microsoft"

Currently on Xbox Live

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Hitting the Xbox Live marketplace this week is a sense of deal ja vu. Yes, this week’s deal is the Call of Duty: World at War map pack bundle, now 1600 Microsoft points instead of 2000 MSP. So if you still haven’t picked them up yet you’ve got until 15 March before this deal disappears [...]

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Report: Gaming advertising stinks

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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A new study released by the Blitz marketing firm today suggests strongly that current video game marketing practices are coming up very short. The study focused on the factors that influence the buying decisions of games who play games for at least seven hours a week, dubbed “Avid Gamers” by Blitz. According to the study, it’s these “avid [...]

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Old XBL Servers to be shut down April 15

Friday, February 5, 2010

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The servers maintaining online play for original Xbox games over Xbox LIVE will be shut down April 15 this year, said Microsoft spokesman Major Nelson in a blog post today. “I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games [...]

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Game companies rank low on Greenpeace scale

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony ended up towards the bottom end of environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly Greener Electronics rankings this year with little improvement from last year. Despite game companies cutting some unnecessary plastic from game cases (the pie-pieces you’ve noticed cut out of recent game purchases are intentional) the Greenpeace scale rated Nintendo and Microsoft at [...]

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Mad Catz undercuts Microsoft, releases own 802.11n adapter

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Mad Catz, purveyor of cheaper accessories that do the same thing as first-party accessories (sometimes better!) has released its own wireless n adapter to compete with Microsoft’s own offering. Mad Catz’s Wireless-N Gaming Adapter is not only $20 cheaper than Microsoft’s but works on the PlayStation 3 as well. It even looks like a mini-360. The Wireless-N Gaming [...]

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Hardware Review: Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter

Friday, November 13, 2009

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Despite having missed its November 3 launch date in most places, the Wireless N adapter for the Xbox 360 finally made its way to websites and a few brick-and-mortar retailers this week. Possibly the 10th, which was supposed to be its “real” launch date, but reports are iffy. As a recap, the adapter takes advantage of [...]

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Xbox 360 Facebook Update Only For Over 18s

Monday, November 9, 2009

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The Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm update will only be available to Xbox Live gold members who are over 18. Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Larry Hryb, explained that concerns over safety led to the update being restricted to over 18s but that there will be an option added for parents to choose which applications can be accessed for their children through [...]

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Halo Waypoint programming revealed this week

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Interested gamers can get an early look at the Halo Waypoint interface according to Joysqid. The Waypoint destinations programming will be revealed prior to the official launch of the destination on Thursday, Nov. 5. Halo Waypoint will be a new destination for all things “Halo” on Xbox LIVE around the world. It will be available for [...]

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Forza 3 To Receive Free DLC

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Forza Motorsport 3 is on the final straight towards its 23 October release date and to celebrate Microsoft and Turn 10 have announced free downloadable content for it. The Motorsports Legends Car Pack will add 10 hand picked classic cars such as the ’60 Chevrolet Corvette or ’69 Dodge Charger along with two extra tracks Benchmark High [...]

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Gamestop listing indicates 360 802.11n Adapter to cost $99.99, street date Nov. 3

Monday, October 5, 2009

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The Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter will go on sale Nov. 3 for $99.99, Gamestop’s website indicated today. Microsoft previously stated that the Wireless N adapter would be “another choice for consumers,” but did not indicate if the current 802.11g model would receive a price drop or if the N Adapter would just be heinously expensive. The [...]

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