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Hybrid returns to Xbox Live marketplace
After yesterday’s server issues which prompted Microsoft to pull Hybrid from its Xbox Live marketplace, the third-person jetpack based shooter is now available [...]
Hybrid launch afflicted by Microsoft server issues
Hybrid, the latest ‘Summer of Arcade’ release on Xbox Live, is suffering from a few launch-day issues. The servers for this multiplayer-only title [...]
Rockstar rejigs Max Payne 3 DLC schedule
How do you make an already crowded DLC schedule even more confusing? Simple: you reorganise it on the fly. Rockstar has announced that [...]
Deadlight [Review] – The walking dead good
I was thinking about zombie apocalypses the other day, and I came to the conclusion that the worst thing about a zombie apocalypse [...]
New London studio to be opened by Microsoft
Microsoft may just have finished dispensing with the services of a number of employees in Vancouver, but the company will at least be [...]
Development ceases on Microsoft Flight
Sad news if you’re one of the people who enjoyed Microsoft’s return to flight sims (albeit in a more accessible fashion), because development [...]
XBLA will eat itself: Major Nelson avatar items now available
There’s something oddly incestuous about the fact that ‘Major Nelson’ branded avatar items are now for sale on Xbox Live. I have no [...]
ASTRO GAMING INTRODUCES THE A50 WIRELESS GAMING HEADSET
SAN FRANCISCO – July 24, 2012 – ASTRO Gaming, creators of premium video gaming equipment for professional gamers, has launched the ASTRO A50 [...]
‘Consoles are dead’ idea amuses Xbox creator
Seamus Blackley, the man who put forward the idea of Microsoft entering the games console market, has expressed his amusement with the idea [...]
Lionhead explains why Project Milo was scrapped and Fable: The Journey was started
Remember Lionhead’s Project Milo? The Kinect project which showed the user interacting with a little boy on screen that was demonstrated during the [...]
Wreckateer [Review] – Capitalism no?
I hate it when I can sum up a game in four words, because it gives me the opportunity to be astonishingly, breathtakingly [...]
Dance Central 3 release date confirmed, 11 new tracks revealed
Microsoft has confirmed that Dance Central 3 will be released on 16 October in North and Latin America, a 19 October launch will [...]
XBLA version of Minecraft builds audience of 3 million
The Xbox Live Arcade release of Minecraft continues to be rather popular. According to original creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson (who seems to have heard [...]
Avatar-based XBLA games getting unified ‘Famestar’ rewards
When Xbox Live Summer of Arcade title Wreckateer launches next week, it’ll be the first game to include ‘Avatar Famestar’. This, according to [...]
Save-corrupting Fez patch is too expensive to fix
You might remember a patch for Xbox Live Arcade title Fez from a while back which had the unfortunate side-effect of corrupting a [...]
Behemoth’s Battleblock Theatre is “code complete”, still without release date
It’s been close to four years since The Behemoth released the splendid Castle Crashers on Xbox Live (and two since it appeared on [...]
This special Halo 4 console bundle is quite pricey
Big fan of Master Chief? Need a new 320gb Xbox 360 console in your life? Have $400 USD to spare? If you hit [...]
Zuma’s Revenge! [Review] – Best Served Cold
For years, now, I’ve been operating under the impression that Zuma is the result of a fever dream. Bear with me: “So, when [...]
Tequila Works showcase the art of Deadlight [Video]
Deadlight looks like it’ll be continuing the Microsoft tradition of throwing a game with a dark and somewhat gloomy art style into the [...]
Vivendi courting Activision-Blizzard buyers
Vivendi, the parent company of Activision-Blizzard, appears to be looking to offload the publisher in order to raise some quick cash for its [...]
Mass Effect 3?s ‘Earth’ DLC adds new difficulty
Thanks to leaked information and Microsoft’s publishing schedule, we already knew quite a bit about the forthcoming freebie Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC entitled ‘Earth’. Today, EA [...]
Long console generation is biggest mistake Sony and Microsoft have ever made, believes Square Enix
Julien Merceron, Square Enix’s worldwide director of technology, believes that the current generation of consoles has gone on much too long. Furthermore, he [...]
Xbox 720 will cost $99 with cable TV subscription, predicts Pachter
Michael Pachter has made a prediction regarding the retail model of Microsoft’s next console, which most of us are calling the Xbox 720 [...]
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor [Review] – A ‘hardcore’ Kinect game…
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is simultaneously brave, brilliant, broken and bollocks. At its best it’s a genuinely interesting attempt from developer From Software (Dark Souls, Armored Core) [...]
Microsoft not attending GamesCom or Tokyo Game Show
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be not make the trip to GamesCom or the Tokyo Game Show this year. “As you saw [...]
Nintendo will not bid for Wii U exclusivity with third-parties
Nintendo has stated that it will not be paying third-party developers to set up deals for titles exclusive to the Wii U. Saturo [...]
Microsoft say that they are not neglecting gamers, but are they?
In the wake of Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, the general consensus is that the games are taking a back-seat to the platform [...]
Gameplay from Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade line-up [Video]
Microsoft is keeping the Xbox Live ‘Summer of Arcade’ line-up pretty much in-house this year, with four of the five games coming from [...]
E3 2012: Resident Evil 6 [Preview]
Hm. I’ve been kinda looking forward to Resident Evil 6. I have a soft spot for the series in general: I like the [...]
E3 2012: Tomb Raider [Preview]
Tomb Raider is going to live or die for me based on one thing, and that thing is how realistically Lara evolves. At [...]
