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Gamescom 2010: Microsoft Responds To Mass Effect 2′s Move To PS3
Microsoft has issued a statement in response to the news that BioWare’s immensely popular Mass Effect 2 would be moving to the PlayStation 3 – claiming that the Xbox360 “remains [...]
Details On The Microsoft Phone 7 With Xbox Live Support [Games + Pics]
Microsoft has commented on their up and coming mobile OS at the GamesCom event in Germany. Matt Booty, general manager of mobile games at Microsoft Game Studios said that “Windows [...]
Microsoft Kinect To Launch On 10 November — Priced At R2000
It has been announced that the Microsoft Kinect — the movement technology — will launch locally on the 10th of November. The release date was revealed at GamesCom in Germany. [...]
New Halo: Reach Trailer Is All Talk
The latest Halo: Reach trailer has arrived and it includes real men with short hair talking about what they need to do. Not as cool as the first trailer. And [...]
Kinect Was Dumbed Down
Kinect may not be the sharpest stick in the barrel, what with it getting confused when you sit down and having lag slower than continental drift but is this by [...]
Kinect Will Soon Be Able To Understand Sign Language
At some point in time, Kinect will be able to understand sign language courtesy of a new patent that Microsoft just filed. The patent details Kinect’s ability to read American [...]
More Fable III Screenshots
For some time now, Fable III has courted with us. Showing a little bit here and a little bit there but now the shirt’s come off and we can see [...]
Fable III’s Opening Cinematic Shows Courage [Video]
On the 29th of October when Fable III launches in South Africa, buyers will find that the opening scene starts off a little funny as the hero takes the form [...]
Blitz: Kinect Lag Is Game’s Fault And Not The Hardware
The word is that any lag you may have seen on Microsoft’s Kinect is actually a result of software and programming choices and not due to a limitation on or [...]
How To Confuse Kinect
The simple answer is to sit down on the floor but that little needs a bit of explanation. You see, Microsoft’s Kinect was developed with the misconception that players would [...]
PS3 Narrows Gap On 360 Global Sales
The PlayStation 3 is closing down on the Xbox 360. This has been revealed as Sony’s latest financial results confirm that they shipped 3.6 million less consoles than Microsoft. Sony [...]
Mizuguchi: Kinect’s Casual Focus “Wasn’t Actually A Surprise”
Child of Eden designer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, says that he is not surprised by Kinect’s vastly casual focus. He also believes that his game manages to be neither a core or [...]
Mizuguchi: Kinect Tech “Is Improving Every Day”
Child of Eden designer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, feels that the technology and software behind Kinect is improving with each passing day in addition to various developer’s familiarity with the technology. He [...]
MS Killed PC-Xbox Cross-Platform Online Because PC Gamers Dominate
That’s according to Voodoo PC founder, Rahul Sood, who claims that Microsoft has in fact explored the possibility of constructing a cross-platform network that would allow PC and Xbox gamers [...]
Tody’s Take On: Kinect And Why It’s Fail
Caught your attention with that header of mine, didn’t I? That was the point. Yes, of course this article is going to be purely opinionated, but the topic at hand [...]
Xbox 360′s Kinect: Pricing Set At R2000
Microsoft has announced both the pricing for their Kinect motion peripheral as well as an all-new Xbox360 4GB console bundle that includes the console, Kinect and the game Kinect Adventures [...]
Kinect Kinda Banned In China
Well it seems that Microsoft will not be allowed to “legally” sell the Kinect in China. This is because of a law that also blocks the sale of the Xbox [...]
MS: Rumble Controls Are “Rudimentary”
Microsoft Game Studios GM Kudo Tsunoda has hailed Kinect as very intutive and natural but went further to say that it is miles ahead of rumble technology in controllers such [...]
Spartan — The New Age Of Empires?
Robot Entertainment, the studio created by old Age of Empires and Halo Wars staff, are looking at a new creation for PC — or Windows in specific. Dubbed Spartan, the [...]
Xbox 720 and Wii 2 will beat PS4 to the market, says Sony
Sony predicts that Microsoft and Nintendo will launch their new home consoles before it gets round to unleashing the fourth generation of PlayStation. The three platform holders are still to [...]
Microsoft’s Casual Approach To Gaming ‘Surprises’ Sony
Sony’s worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida said that they were surprised by Microsoft’s connect. And it’s not because it’s good. Sony said that they always respected Microsoft for their FPS [...]
New XBLA Browser For Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is going to get a new browser for the Arcade marketplace of Xbox Live. Major Nelson, Microsoft inside man, revealed the interface on his blog. “Next week [...]
Windows 8? To Focus On Gaming!?
Design sketches for Windows 8 have been ninja’d, suggesting that the new OS may carry a renewed focus on gaming. Discovered by the black sand ninja clan garbage inspectors at Engadget, [...]
Kinect’s Technical Specs
A British retailer has posted what would seem to be the technical specs for Microsoft’s Kinect. Behold the specs! Interestingly enough only “two active” players can be on screen at [...]
Microsoft Rep Says: “I Don’t Want Halo On Kinect”
Chris Penello, Microsoft’s director of platform marketing, has said that the firm doesn’t want shovelware, ports or tacked-on motion controls for Kinect games, and that includes even the famous Halo [...]
Kinect Shows Us What Lag Looks Like On TV
A few nights ago Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda, and child television star Miranda Cosgrove, showed the Xbox Kinect on Jimmy Fallon’s show. Yeah, that delay we’ve been hearing about — it’s [...]
Alan Wake 2 Is “Still Not Confirmed”
Oskari Hakkinen, the boss over at Remedy, developers of Alan Wake, has firm in saying that a sequel for Alan Wake hasn’t been confirmed just yet. We bring this up [...]
Microsoft Preparing For BIG PC Gaming News
Microsoft has said that it promised ‘more news later this summer’ (our winter) for fans of core titles. Fable III was announced at Microsoft’s E3 conference, only to be said [...]
Microsoft: Kinect Has A “Five Year Lifespan”
Microsoft’s white (and black) box, the Xbox360, with its new sleek and slim model and peripheral friend, Kinect, will be around for at least another five years according to Microsoft’s [...]
Microsoft: 360 Can “Fully Support 3D”
Microsoft believes that anything the PS3 can do in terms of 3D, its Xbox 360 can do just as well. In an interview with CVG, Xbox Global Marketing Manager, Albert [...]




