As Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 motion-sense controller launches and interesting story has emerged on the website Cult of Mac. The core technology was acquired, as so often happens these days, with Microsoft purchasing it from the company that developed it. In this case Israeli company PrimeSense. It has now transpired that PrimeSense initially approached Microsoft’s [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Games for Windows re-launches November 15th
It was a great idea that was sadly let down by poor implementation and poor support. Games for Windows, which was launched with Windows Vista, was intended to be the marker by which consumers would know any games they bought would work happily on their Microsoft Windows computer. The seal of approval, that was carried [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Halo Reach makes $200m in 24 hours
Microsoft’s latest game for the XBox 360 console, Halo: Reach has made $200 million in its first 24 hours after launch according to data released by Microsoft and reported by TechFlash. The previous Halo game topped the all time games sales chart until it was dethroned by Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare. Now the [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Halo 4 Set for Midnight Launch
Microsoft’s latest game release for it’s ever popular XBox 360 console, Halo 4 is set to be available from midnight tonight as stores aim to cash in on the popularity of the Halo game series, and the inevitable popularity of this new game. Halo 3 previously held the title for the biggest selling game of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Best Of The Best Of This Year’s E3
This year’s E3 gaming convention had some very interesting hardware and game announcements for all popular gaming systems and the PC. The convention is still underway until June 17 but most developers have already shown their upcoming releases in conferences. The following selection includes some of the most promising looking games and devices that were [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
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Three Things That Are Holding Back The Sony PS3
It has been 2 ½ years since the PS3 has launched and since that time it has been trailing both the Wii and Xbox 360 in sales. Granted it has been doing better then it has a year ago, but you’d expect that Sony would be able to convince hardcore gamers that the PS3’s superior [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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Microsoft Apologizes for Next Gen Console Mixup
Microsoft has found themselves in yet another mix-up, yet its CEO personally apologized to devastated gamers. Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has apologized for unclear remarks made last week regarding careless word choices that led gamers to believe that a Microsoft would be releasing a new gaming console. Ballmer reportedly made an announcement that that a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Xbox Project Natal
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was packed with exciting game and hardware announcements from virtually every gaming company in existence. One presentation dominated the gaming hardware announcements; And that was Project Natal for the Xbox. Project Natal aims to offer controller-less gaming on the Xbox gaming systems. It looks a bit like a mixture of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Best Games Of E3
E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, has opened its doors yesterday. It is one of the biggest gaming events of the year which usually sees a lot of game announcements, trailers and ingame video feeds for the PC and video consoles such as PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. The following list is a collection of [...]