When Toshiba officially threw in the towel in the high-definition format war, eyes turned to Microsoft to see what the software giant would do about the Xbox 360’s support of HD DVD. Some expected Microsoft to quickly change gears and back Blu-ray Disc, but no such plans are in place.
“Xbox is not currently in talks […]
Thanks to Black Friday and the holiday buying season, the video games industry experienced blistering sales during November.
Nintendo walked away as the big dog, selling a record number of hardware units. The Nintendo DS handheld sold an astonishing 1.53 million units – 653,000 of them during Black Friday week. The Wii likely sold out its […]
Unit sales and price point seem to have a direct correlation in this generation’s console race. After cutting the price of its 80GB PlayStation 3 to $499 and introducing a 40GB model at $399 in November, Sony experienced a significant uptick in sales of its high-tech hardware. Nintendo’s $249 Wii, which has been the cheapest […]
It’s official: Halo 3 is done. Two weeks after developer Bungie Studios announced that “99.9 percent” of work on the game was complete, publisher Microsoft Game Studios announced today that the eagerly awaited sci-fi shooter has gone gold. Rated M for Mature, the Xbox 360 exclusive is available in three versions: the $59.99 regular edition, […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The creator of classic computer game “Doom,” id Software, unveiled on Friday its eagerly anticipated next game, “Rage,” in which players fight an oppressive government in a post-apocalyptic world. The new game will be released for computers running either Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Windows or Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, […]
Peter Moore will leave Microsoft as the corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business, the division that oversees the Xbox. In a complete 360 degree turn, Moore will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a former Electronic Arts President. Mattrick is currently an external adviser to Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division.
It was less […]
Microsoft games boss Peter Moore has indicated that the company would seriously consider running a research project similar to Sony’s Folding@home initiative on the Xbox 360.
The Folding@home project allows multiple, connected PlayStation 3’s to calculate data to aid medical research for Stanford University. Sony’s assistance has been widely praised for bringing attention to such schemes, […]
When talking about Xbox 360, looks like the things is getting better, when talking about the HD’s capacity. For what we have seen last month, Microsoft is going to launch the new version of Xbox 360, called the Xbox 360 Elite, and one of the characteristics is the larger HD and also a higher price. […]
Chicago (IL) – Bungie today announced on its website that it will release the Halo 3 multiplayer beta on May 16 at 12:00 am PST. The beta will run until June 6 11:59 pm PST.
Bungie noted that, while this version of Halo 3 will “look somewhat close to the final game,” it is a beta […]