All the stories tagged with: xbox
Microsoft Should Sell Xbox Franchise (Analyst+Terrible Idea)
06/22/2011, While catching up with stock market updates, I noticed that Kim Caughey Forrest of Fort Pitt Capital suggested that Microsoft should get rid of Xbox, despite it being a “formidable cash machine” she says. Why? Because “Xbox doesn’t belong” and [...]
Halo Anniversary supports Kinect
06/20/2011, Microsoft Games Studios head Phil Spencer has confirmed that Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary will offer limited support for the Kinect Motion Sensor, but apart from that statement, no additional details were furnished concerning the scope of Kinect Support as well [...]
Rumor: Xbox 360 successor to debut at E3 2012
06/14/2011, E3 2011′s over. If you were sleeping under a rock, you can catch up on all Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo’s press conferences at Ubergizmo’s live.ubergizmo.com channel (it’s still up there, for now). While Nintendo and Sony both unveiled new hardware [...]
Kinect Star Wars: Preview
06/08/2011, I had the opportunity to get my hands on the preview of Kinect Star Wars at E3 2011… ever since it was demonstrated last year, I was wondering how Jedi action would feel like on Kinect, and now, I have [...]
Halo 4 and Halo remake accidentally leaked out early
06/06/2011, E3′s official show floor doesn’t open until tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean E3 hasn’t technically started! First up is Microsoft’s Xbox 360 press conference, where it’s widely expected several major Kinect titles will be announced. Kinect not your style? Well, [...]
uDraw GameTablet arriving on the Xbox 360 and PS3
06/03/2011, THQ executives must have taken a good look at how the Nintendo Wii actually revolutionized gaming in the living room – through the use of motion sensitive controls that eventually paved the way to additional innovations such as the Kinect [...]
XCOM franchise will land next year
06/03/2011, When XCOM was first released on the PC all those years ago, it opened up games to a whole new generation, as you learnt the value of a turn for each of your particular team members. Not only that, it [...]
Older Xbox 360s damaged by firmware receives free replacement from Microsoft
05/18/2011, Microsoft has announced that their latest firmware update which actually damaged older Xbox 360 consoles will see an olive branch being handed out – that is, Microsoft will be replacing those affected consoles. In fact, a Microsoft representative has come [...]
Next Xbox 360 development kit already in developer’s hands?
05/06/2011, Lately, all eyes and ears have been on Nintendo and it’s upcoming Wii 2 console, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is sitting idle while Nintendo scoops steals the show at E3. According to Develop, the next Xbox might already be [...]
Cops use a bugged Xbox game to catch a killer
05/06/2011, Back in 2009, a boy was suspected of murdering another 16 year old girl by shooting her with a rifle in a group confrontation. However authorities couldn’t arrest the boy on suspicion alone, so in order to warrant an arrest, [...]
Netflix now supports Kinect
04/14/2011, Folks who use the Xbox 360 to access Netflix are in for a treat. Netflix has just announced the support for the Microsoft Kinect motion controller in their Netflix app on the gaming console. All users have to do is [...]
Kinect used to create impressive physics demo
04/13/2011, If there’s one thing the Kinect is good for – it’s to create impressive videos of humans interacting with digital objects. The folks over at IDEO Labs recently got their hands on a Kinect and coded up an impressive demo [...]
Xbox Live to offer free-to-play games?
04/11/2011, The rumor mills are churning yet again, and this time we have what some deem to be trusted sources that Microsoft will soon make available free-to-play games over at Xbox Live.To put it in a nutshell, this means that gamers [...]
