A savvy reader over at Joystiq spotted a new announcement from Microsoft this morning: The New Xbox Experience, which will transform your console “through the magic of software,” is nearly upon us. Sneakily included in a new ad in the Xbox 360’s dashboard, which invites gamers to enter Rock Band 2’s “Rock the World” sweepstakes, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
You hear me? It’s goin’ down. We’re going to show that little so-and-so a thing or two. Oh, wait — Microsoft beat us to it, and will be taking Xbox LIVE down personally. For only 24 hours, mind you. In a quick warning email from MS, we’ve been asked to pass along the word that [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Kotaku and Shacknews are reporting — each through their own anonymous source — that following his August departure from Kojima Productions, Metal Gear Solid 4 producer Ryan Payton has found a new job at Microsoft Game Studios, where he will serve as creative director of the new Halo collaboration with Lord of the Rings director [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
This is going to become a new trend, isn’t it? I’m sorry, maybe I’m just a traditionalist, but I always thought video games were supposed to provide escapism and allow you to separate yourself from reality for just a little while. Well, Spike TV doesn’t see it that way, because they’re taking applications for “Gears [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 8, 2008
On December 2nd, 2005, a scant 10 days after the Xbox 360 arrived at retail, a Chicago resident by the name of Robert E. Byers filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft in district court. Alleging serious component defects in the new video game system, Byers claimed that Microsoft was knowingly shipping defective consoles. “In its [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
After being bombarded with rumors, speculation, lightning-fast Dell deals and leaked retailer advertisement for over two months, gamers were notified Monday that that all models of the Xbox 360 would receive the magical 1-2-3 price cut… in Japan. But intentional or no, Microsoft’s tease was short-lived, because this afternoon Redmond announced that the Xbox 360 is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Yesterday, Sony made a large number of virtual virtuosos happy by announcing that pretty much every single PS3 peripheral coming out with this fall’s music titles will be cross-compatible. Rock Band 2 controllers will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour, GH:WT instruments will work with Rock Revolution, and so on. In response, Microsoft has announced [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Spotted over at IGN this morning, Microsoft and Rare have announced a couple of new incentives to buy Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts that ought to push unsure gamers right off the fence. First of all, Microsoft has set the game’s suggested retail price at $39.99. That’s a fine suggestion, Microsoft; please don’t be afraid to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
Earlier today, Gamasutra posted an excerpt of an interview with Jonathan Blow, creator of platforming masterpiece Braid. In it, Blow took issue with a number of the certification and business-oriented processes behind bringing his game to XBLA, including “unnecessary requirements” and issues with the revenue model. It’s valuable to get this kind of insight into [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
We’ll be honest — when we called up Massive Incorporated’s Jay Sampson, we were entirely preoccupied with destructible advertisement’s… well, massive potential. But after we blew that story wide open, we still had one very receptive vice president of global sales on the line — and we weren’t about to let that captive audience off [...]
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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