Gamerscore Blog, Microsoft's official blog for Xbox and Games for Windows, is shutting down, opting to "focus [their] community outreach through Xbox.com and through the Xbox dashboard." The blog, written by members of Microsoft Games Global Marketing team, has provided coverage of community events, press releases and behind-the-scenes information since 2005.
Continue reading...Saturday, January 17, 2009
Speaking to GameDaily BIZ, "Gears of War 2" global product manager Guy Welch revealed that Microsoft's hit franchise and Xbox 360 best-seller (and the fourth most popular game on Xbox LIVE in 2008) has sold over 4 million copies worldwide since its release, doubling the original "Gears of War's" pace. "The original 'Gears of War' was [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Yesterday, the NPD told us the video game industry isn't as recession-proof as we'd like to think -- but today, the NPD numbers show that at least one company is still raking in the cash in North America. 2.15 million Wii consoles. 3.04 million DS handhelds. 1.46 million bundled Wiimotes, 999,000 Balance Boards, and 979,000 Wii [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Slow and steady wins the race, but it also helps if Santa is on your side. Though projections have long placed "Grand Theft Auto IV" as the game to beat -- between PS3 and Xbox 360, it sold approximately 5.18 million copies in the United States this year -- it seems that Nintendo's "Wii Play" [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
If you're among the many fans of the XBLA brawler "Castle Crashers", you'll be glad to hear that a new DLC pack will soon see the light of (to)day! While the lack of new levels might be a little disappointing for people who have completed the game many times already, at just 160 Microsoft Points [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
Though Robbie Bach had plenty of facts and figures to throw at us during the Xbox-centric portion of Microsoft's keynote session at CES, the man wasn't all business. No, Microsoft wanted to make sure we knew they could let their hair down (except for Steve Ballmer, for whom such a task would be difficult) and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
When Microsoft president of Entertainment & Devices Robbie Bach first stepped onto the stage at CES 2009, we figured we'd be treated to a sizzling first look at a hot new game. Not so: he just gave us a bunch of numbers. You can find them after the jump.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
CES 2009 officially kicked off with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote speech about the future of Windows, blah, blah.... The ears of us gamers picked up, however, when Entertainment and Devices president Robbie Bach said Xbox LIVE will host the "Halo Wars" demo on February 5. Strangely, North America will be the last to play the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Gears of War 2 fans have a lot to look forward to, if one Mark Rein is to be believed. Of course, considering he is Epic Games' beloved vice president, I think we can all more or less trust the guy when he creates a forum thread announcing the contents of a patch for one [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
With an U.S. install base of over 25 million, it's perhaps no surprise that the original Xbox still logs more playtime, on average, than the Sony PlayStation 3. But if a rumor making the rounds today is true, that won't save Microsoft's black box from extinction. Citing an internal GameStop memo and several anonymous GameStop managers, [...]
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