Posts Under Microsoft Category

Microsoft and LucasArts announced today that “Kinect Star Wars” and the Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Kinect Star Wars” console bundle will both be available on April 3rd, 2012 in North America for $49.99 and $449.99 respectively.  Star Wars fans of all ages will soon be able to bring the Star Wars universe home and become part of the films like never before [...]

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  During the Microsoft CES 2012 Keynote, Steve Ballmer dropped some limited information with regards to the Xbox 360. While most of the show catered to Windows 8, we did learn that the Xbox 360 has sold 66 million consoles, and has 40 million Xbox LIVE users. Additionally, News Corporation will be releasing FOX and [...]

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If you’re one of the unlucky gamers out there that are unable to play on Xbox LIVE, and wanted to update to the new Dashboard that was made available last week, you are now in luck. Microsoft has made the new Dashboard update available online, and if you have a Flash Drive or a blank [...]

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Ever wanted to keep track of everything Halo related on your smart phone or handheld devices? Now you can! 343 Industries has partnered up with Bradygames to develop an app that helps keep track of various stats and information relating to Halo Reach and Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary. The Assisted Tactical Assault System, or ATLAS [...]

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Major Nelson and the team at Xbox have made a surprising announcement today on the heels of yesterday’s global new Xbox 360 Dashboard release.  Available for download right now is an official Xbox LIVE iOS app.  The app allows users to send messages, change their Avatar, manage their friends list, and more. This is the [...]

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With the new Xbox LIVE Dashboard update scheduled to release tomorrow, Microsoft has officially announced the list of entertainment partners that will launch this week, this month, and early in 2012. Some new additions that were announced today include MLB.tv and VUDU. MLB.TV subscribers will be able to access every regular season game, live and on-demand, [...]

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Today, Microsoft and Epic Games announced “RAAM’s Shadow,” the new campaign experience for Gears of War 3. Starring a cast of characters both new and eerily familiar to the series, “RAAM’s Shadow” will deliver more than three hours of gameplay set in a storyline that precedes the events of the first “Gears of War,” as [...]

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If you have children,  or are a child at heart, you’ll want to learn more about the new Kinect TV shows that Microsoft is currently developing for 2012. Working in partnership with experts from Sesame Workshop and National Geographic, Microsoft today announced new“playful learning” experiences —“Kinect Sesame Street TV,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and “Project Columbia” [...]

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As a step in continuing to deliver Microsoft Studios’ innovative game and entertainment offerings,  Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based game developer Twisted Pixel, the creative minds behind Xbox LIVE Arcade titles  such as “Splosion Man” and the recent Kinect for Xbox 360 title, “The Gunstringer.” We’re always had a great relationship with [...]

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We just received an email from Marc Whitten, the Vice President of Xbox Live, in which he detailed a few new exciting features coming to the 360 very soon. The first of these involves a new cloud system.  Xbox Live will soon allow players to save their games to the cloud and resume them from [...]

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