Microsoft has announced it’s new Xbox 360 Splinter Cell Conviction Special Edition Bundle. The package includes the standard edition of Splinter Cell Conviction, a 250 GB hard drive, as well as two wireless controllers. So It’s pretty much the same as the Modern Warfare 2 Bundle but not. For $399 all of this gaming nirvana [Continue]
Microsoft released the dates and prices for next month’s Xbox Live Block Party. It’s a month of new Xbox Live Arcade titles being released every week with the grand finale being the release of Game Room, where your avatar will be able to play retro arcade titles and other new titles to be released later. [Continue]
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week is cutting the price on this classic Duke Nukem shooter, Duke Nukem 3D. Taking a whopping 50% off the price bringing it down from 800 Microsoft Point to 400 Microsoft Points which translates into only $5.00. Cheap. The deal only runs until Sunday so get your mitts on [Continue]
Microsoft announced today that Remedy Entertainment will not be releasing a PC version of AlanWake, their upcoming eerie thriller. The announcement comes just months before the game’s release, and with no PC version in the works this would make Alan Wake a Xbox 360 exclusive. A Microsoft spokesperson elaborated on the decision yesterday: [Continue]
Less than three months. That’s all we’ll have to wait to get out next fix of new Halo online action. Bungie and Microsoft announced today that the multiplayer beta for Halo: Reach will be starting May 3. I’ll give you a second or two to run and mark your calender. Remember you’ll need your copy [Continue]
Today will mark the day that Microsoft fully turned the page from their generation one consoles and passed the torch to the Xbox 360 and beyond. On April 15 they will discontinue the Xbox Live service for the original Xbox console and it’s games. A move that will effect hundreds of thousands if not millions [Continue]
According to Rentrak, a company who tracks video game rentals, Microsoft and the Xbox 360 “dominated” it’s top 20 list of most rented games in 2009 taking 17 out of the top 20 spots. Fallout 3 received top honors for the year. Rentrak compiles their data by measuring “title-level performance via rental transactions from [Continue]
According to an email being circulated by Microsoft it looks like Xbox Live’s Zune Marketplace will be down tonight January 25th, and possibly into tomorrow for some scheduled maintenance. The service will go down at 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time (1:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time for you east-coasters) and may be down for as long as [Continue]
For real life gear heads the ultimate auto experience is happening this week at the Detroit Auto Show. For virtual gear heads you too are in for a treat this week. Microsoft has released a new DLC pack for Forza 3 featuring ten cars in all. For the full list of whips and pricing keep [Continue]
Rumors have been swirling for the past few months that Microsoft was going to be bringing their Xbox Live service to mobile phones. And thanks to some great investigative work by Kotaku, it looks like those rumors are all but confirmed. // [Continue]
Last week Major Nelson posted a link to participate in a survey with Microsoft. Those who filled out the survey had a chance to be picked by Microsoft to take part in the Xbox Live Update Preview. And if you were chosen (luckily I was) you can expect to receive an email either today or [Continue]
Microsoft and Turn 10 have announced that Forza Motorsport 3 will be making it’s way to North American store shelves on October 27. And to sweeten the deal for hardcore fans they’ve teamed up with GameStop (who else) and revealed the details of the Limited Collector’s Edition of the game. The Limited Collector’s Edition [Continue]
Today we take for granted the joy and ease of drop-in and drop-out cooperative gameplay. Games like Left 4 Dead use it flawlessly to help players join games with their friends without having to stop everything and restart the game. That wasn’t always the case. And that’s why in 2002 Microsoft filed for a patent [Continue]
In an interview with Kikizio (lucky bastards) Microsoft Corporate VP Shane Kim elaborated on Microsoft’s future business endeavours, and a hand-held port for the Xbox was mentioned. For Microsoft it’s not a matter of “if” they’ll dive into the portable gaming market, but “when”. “For us, it’s [Continue]
Just a reminder to you Xbox 360 owners who fell victim to this error: you should have gotten your check from Microsoft by now. If you paid to have your console repaired because of this code you should have been reimbursed by July 1. Microsoft extended the same warranty they made available for the Red [Continue]
