Game Consoles, Sony, Microsoft, PlayStation 4, XBOX One
Game development expert John Carmack believes that the next generation of video game consoles won’t be anything to write home about. Carmack said in a recent interview that he was admittedly optimistic about the increased rendering power of an Xbox 720 or PS4, but beyond that he has no grand vision of...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX 360
Microsoft has rolled out its latest firmware update to everyone. But don’t expect any monumental change to your Xbox Live experience. Yet. This is mainly an update to prepare your system for future major updates. Micosoft’s Larry Hryb, also known as Major Nelson, confirmed on his blog that the update...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX 360
It didn't take long to see that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition would be a huge hit. The game set a new single-day sales record on the Xbox Live Arcade last month, and now Minecraft creator Markus Persson (perhaps better known as Notch) has tweeted that the Xbox 360 version his game is the best-selling Xbox...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Xbox 360 S
Yusuf Mehdi, the CMO of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Division, announced on Tuesday that more than 67 million Xbox 360s have been sold since the console launched in 2005, and it has generated more than $56 billion in sales. The motion sensing input accessory, Kinect, has sold more than 19 million...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Xbox 360 S
Yusuf Mehdi, Chief Marketing Officer of Interactive Entertainment Division at Microsoft today blogged about the role of Xbox going forward and the upcoming E3 event that will showcase some new capabilities and services that Xbox will deliver in the future. He discussed about how Xbox 360 has turned out...

Cell Phones, Game Consoles, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 S
AAWP have scoured Marketplace to find a full list of Windows Phone apps which will not install on 256 MB Tango handsets.

They found 1,387 apps were barred; only 1.6% of Marketplace. Unfortunately these apps were clustered towards the high end of the market, with a full 25% of Xbox Live apps disallowed,...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Amazon, Xbox 360 S
If Amazon's video store is going to compete with the other online sources like Hulu and Netflix, getting on as many platforms as possible is key and it made a major expansion today by launching on the Xbox 360. The app launched on the PS3 back in April, and just like that version, this one includes access...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Xbox 360 S
Microsoft bought Skype in May last year for the large sum of $8.5 billion, but not much has come of the acquisition so far. A Skype application has made the jump to Windows Phone, which was met with mixed reactions, but so far the VOIP service hasn’t found its way into Microsoft’s ecosystem. Skype is...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Motorola, Xbox 360 S
Microsoft may have scored a victory against Motorola’s Android phones in the US, but Moto has just landed its own heavy blow. A judge has recommended that the Xbox 360 should be banned in the United States following the discovery that Microsoft has infringed on four of Motorola’s patents relating to...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX One
Microsoft plans to launch its next-generation Xbox video game and home entertainment console ahead of the holidays next year, according to a recent report. The Los Angeles Times on Monday published a developer contract between Acitivision Blizzard and famed Halo developers Bungie. The firms are currently...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX 360
Microsoft is looking to bolster sales of Windows-powered computers this summer by offering students a free Xbox 360 video game console with a qualifying PC purchase. Beginning on May 18th in Canada and on May 20th in the United States, students who purchase a PC for at least $599 CAD in Canada or $699...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX 360
Xbox 360 users will soon be able to surf the web using Kinect gesture controls as Microsoft works on a modified version of Internet Explorer 9.

Currently the Xbox 360’s browsing credentials is restricted to media results via Bing voice search. However, Microsoft is updating its IE browser to enable...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, XBOX One
A Texas electronics company has allegedly begun production on Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox gaming console, according to a report from IGN. Production of the Xbox 720 is reportedly underway at the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics, the same electronics company responsible for manufacturing the Xbox...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox 360 S
We are stardust. We are golden. And we've got to get ourselves back to the Xbox. According to some anonymous-type sources over at The Verge, Microsoft is set to continue its shift away from Zuneland into the world of Woodstock -- that's reportedly the codename of a new Spotify-like service set to make...

Game Consoles, Microsoft, Motorola, XBOX 360, Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox 360 S
A judge at the US International Trade Commission has just ruled that Microsoft's Xbox 360 infringes four of Motorola's patents. The ruling isn't unexpected, since many of the patent cover H.264 video encoding, which is a standard — the ITC wasn't persuaded by Microsoft's argument that Motorola will "kill...