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Microsoft Japan Employee Arrested For Fondling A Schoolgirl

A forty-year-old Microsoft employee has been arrested for groping a schoolgirl’s breasts on a JR Kobe line train bound for Osaka. The employee has been identified as Shingo Mihara, an employee of Microsoft Japan’s Kansai branch. He apparently put his hand in an opening of the 16-year-old schoolgirl’s blouse. The schoolgirl supposedly caught him red…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010

Microsoft Names New President Of Everything Fun

The man with one of the most impressive houses in the gaming industry now has a title to match, as Microsoft officially makes Don Mattrick the president of its Interactive Entertainment Business. It’s not really that big of a change, moving from senior vice president to president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, at least not…

By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2010

Gears of War 3 Delayed At Least Five Months

It looks like Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski was more than just three days off when he told Jimmy Fallon on national TV that Gears of War 3 was hitting on April 8. The next day Microsoft shifted the date a bit, saying the game would actually be hitting on April 5, 2011. Today the publisher is…

By Brian Crecente Published October 1, 2010

Forza 3 And All Its DLC Ultimately Collected

Microsoft kicks off a multi-year partnership with BBC hit television show Top Gear next month, packing in 90 minutes of Top Gear TV content into the Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection, along with every bit of DLC released so far. Today is a day for making people feel bad about buying downloadable content. First Dragon…

By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010

Bungie Made Halo: Reach, Look Mountain Dew and Doritos!

I am to be congratulated, it seems. I am one of just 300 people in the country to receive a Halo: Reach Honor the Code kit in the mail… courtesy of Mountain Dew and Doritos. What’s that entail, you might ask? Why six Halo: Reach-themed Mountain Dew drinks and two packs of Doritos stuffed into…

By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2010

Does A Programmable Wireless Xbox 360 Controller Count As Cheating?

Datel’s completely unauthorized TurboFire2 wireless Xbox 360 controller not only directly connects to the Xbox 360 without a dongle, you can connect it to your PC to apply “custom controller enhancements.” Microsoft should sue! Oh wait Microsoft filed a lawsuit against British peripheral manufacturer Datel back in April of this year, claiming the company “illegally…

By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2010

Kinect’s Missing Chip Was Never Needed, Says Microsoft

Earlier this year, when the Xbox 360 add-on Kinect was still known as “Project Natal,” reports surfaced that Microsoft was tearing one of the cameras processors out the hardware. Kinect general manager Kudo Tsunoda explains why. Tsunoda explains to Xbox 360 World, via CVG, that the Kinect processor was originally in the camera because the…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2010

Xbox 360 Fall Preview Goes Live For ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Users

Microsoft’s update to the Xbox 360’s dashboard has gone live for select users who signed up to preview the latest changes to the console’s interface. So, don’t be alarmed if you’re prompted to update your Xbox 360 tonight. This early look at the Xbox 360’s latest revision will include changes coming to Netflix, Avatars, and…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2010

Fable III Kingmaker Lets You Earn Gold On The Go

Fable fans will be able to amass a small fortune in the kingdom of Albion well before the next Xbox 360 entry launches next month. And they’ll do it on their smartphones with the soon-to-be-released app Fable III Kingmaker. The smartphone app was spotted by CVG in the latest issue of Xbox World magazine. Similar…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010

The Stars Shine Bright In Fable III

Simon Pegg, Ben Kingsley, John Cleese, and Michael Fassbender headline an all-star cast of men and women with British accents in this voice acting installment of the Lionhead video diaries. The voice cast for Fable III is one of the most talented gathering of voices ever assembled. Particularly impressive is Sir Ben Kingsley in his…

By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010

Kinect Immerses You In Advertising Like Never Before

Sprint and T-Mobile join Chevrolet in using Microsoft’s innovative new Kinect controller to advertise to gamers in innovative new ways. When Kinect Joy Ride launches in November, players will be able to test-drive Chevrolet vehicles in the game. Along with the Chevrolet Volt, revealed back in June, watching an in-dash video advertisement will unlock Chevrolet…

By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2010

Kinect’s TV Commercials Look…Familiar

With Kinect’s November launch looming, Microsoft has kicked the peripheral’s marketing drive into top gear with these TV commercials. Don’t they look familiar? Front-on perspective, people waggling enthusiastically…yup, it’s the Wii launch commercials all over again, the only difference being there’s no catchy tune or humble little bowing Japanese men this time around. I will…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010

Free Microsoft Points Deal Not As Convenient As It Sounds

Yeah, you can get 200 free Microsoft Points right now just for using Bing, the company’s search engine. Sounds fast and easy, right? Wrong. Well, you must download the “Bing Bar,” which only works – surprise! – on Internet Explorer. Not a big deal, right? The thing’s free and every Windows user has a copy,…

By Owen Good Published September 23, 2010

Halo: Reach Was Second-Most Popular Xbox Live Game In Its Launch Week [Corrected]

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson released data on Thursday showing that Halo: Reach was the No. 2 game on Xbox Live in its launch week, trailing only Modern Warfare 2. It had four times as many players as Halo 3. Hyrb notes that Halo: Reach, which released on Sept. 14, was available only six of the…

By Owen Good Published September 23, 2010

An Open Letter From A Former Bungie VP to Bobby Kotick

While perhaps not seen in the full context of his talk at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference, Activision head Bobby Kotick‘s comments about Bungie did create quite a stir last week. It is worth your time to go listen to the full 40-minute or so talk here, but the thing that captured so…

By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2010

Rumor: Project Milo Canceled

Fable developer Lionhead Studios’ ambitious Milo project for Xbox 360’s Kinect add-on may have finally been put to bed. Sources claiming to have knowledge of the tech demo’s development tell Kotaku that Project Milo has been effectively shut down. That same source indicates that the technology that powered Project Milo—which has also been referred to…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2010

Sign Up Now For The New Xbox Live Preview Program

Microsoft is looking for a few thousand folks to test out its next big Xbox Live Update. Who wants an early look at the new Xbox Live dashboard? If you’re keen to get a peek at the new dashboard along with ESPN on Xbox Live, Netflix searching, Zune music, and other updates coming in the…

By Mike Fahey Published September 22, 2010

Indies, You Might Soon Be Able To Make Kinect Games, Just Like Those Other Guys

Right now, the only people who have access to Microsoft’s Kinect development tools are larger, established studios. Microsoft is trying to expand that group to include indie developers, though the emphasis at this stage is still on “trying”. “When [the indie] community will light up, we don’t have a date lined up yet” Microsoft’s Phil…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2010

Weta Is Making Halo: Reach ATVs (And You Can Have One)

Weta Workship, the New Zealand studio that specializes in fantastical concept design and manufacturing, the team responsible for making a drivable Halo Warthog, is making more Halo vehicles. Exactly two Mongoose-style ATVs. And you can win one. Microsoft has tapped Weta to make a pair of working Halo: Reach Mongoose ATVs that “look and sound”…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 21, 2010

Halo: Reach Stops A Jet In Midair

New York Jets center Nick Mangold on the edge of his seat during a Halo: Reach event at the Jets’ training facility earlier this month.

By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010