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Kinect Priced For Australia

Even pricing details are delayed down here, with Kinect’s rrp for the Aussie market only released today. The damage? AUD$199 for Kinect, AUD$449 for the 4GB Arcade/Kinect bundle.

Rumor: Microsoft Killed Plans For “PC vs Xbox 360” Online Play

The founder of Voodoo PC, Rahul Sood, says that Microsoft once floated the idea of implementing cross-platform play between the PC and Xbox 360 for a range of titles. Thing is, testing didn’t go so well. The proposal, part of Microsoft’s LIVE push, popped up “many many months ago”, and would have allowed people playing…

These Are The Games Going To Comic-Con

Video games have a huge presence at this year’s Comic-Con, with offerings from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Capcom, Activision, Konami and more. Going by the long list of games in this post, it may be the biggest ever. If you find yourself at the show, stop by these publisher and developer booths to get your hands…

But How Much Is Kinect & Its Games In Europe?

Kinect will cost $150 in the United States, but many of you are not from the United States. You’re from the UK! Or Ireland! Or Belgium! How much will it cost for you? Britain first: Kinect has been priced at £129, Kinect games will be £40 while the 4GB Kinect bundle revealed earlier today will…

Is Final Fantasy XIII On The Xbox 360 Getting A Japan Release?

The big, breaking news of the 2008 E3 gaming expo was that role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII was coming to the Xbox 360. The game had been previously thought to be a PS3 exclusive. The game got an Xbox 360 release everywhere except Japan. In The Land of the Rising Sun, Final Fantasy XIII was…

Microsoft’s Take On The Cost of Motion Gaming

This look at Microsoft’s internal take on the true cost of motion gaming, obtained by Kotaku, has its charm, but isn’t completely anchored in reality. Microsoft, it seems, makes the argument that you need all of the stuff shown from Sony and Nintendo to match the motion-controlling abilities of Kinect on the PS3 and Wii.…

Microsoft Prices Kinect, Xbox 360 Motion Games

Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 will be $150 and come with a copy of Kinect Adventures when the motion controller hits stores in November, the company said today. Kinect games will sell for $50 each. Microsoft’s news today confirms rumor about the price of the add-on that have been making the rounds since…

Is Apple’s Solution Better Than These Other Hardware Fixes?

Free cases for all iPhone 4 users! How does Apple’s fix compare to some of gaming’s more recent hardware problem solutions? Let’s take a look. Wii Remote Straps The Problem: The flimsy Wii remote straps that shipped with early versions of Nintendo’s console weren’t quite up to the task of securing the controllers to the…

Where The Xbox 360’s Achievements Come From

The Xbox Engineering Blog isn’t the place you’d expect to find a ripping good read, but that’s exactly what you’ll find there today, with a post detailing the history and implementation details for the Xbox 360’s “achievements”. Microsoft’s Vince Curley, Xbox LIVE & Platform Architect, reveals that during the testing and planning of what’s probably…

Did You Think Fable II Had A Bunch Of Bugs?

Then you have no idea how many didn’t make it into finished product. According to Fable II designer Peter Molyneux, there were 67,000 bugs in Fable II that the development team needed to squash. That’s…a lot. “At one point we had 67,000 bugs,” he said, “and when the Xbox test team tested the game they…

Kinect Pricing Reveal is Imminent, According to Trendy Social Media Channels

Instead of just coughing up an MSRP for Kinect, Microsoft’s doing the announcement-of-an-announcement thing. But you can join up a Facebook page or text an SMS code to make sure you get immediate notification the sucker’s $149. Or whatever. Microsoft’s threatening to reveal the price of the new utility soon, but of course wants people…

Kinect Is Going On A Road Trip

Microsoft is taking its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 on a summer vacation, hitting up dozens of locations in the United States and offering the public a chance to play with the device before it launches this November. The “Kinect Experience Mobile Demo Tour” will give curious Xbox 360 owners a chance to play…

1 Vs. 100 The Victim of Mismanagement?

This morning’s news that Microsoft was killing off their Xbox Live video game show 1 Vs. 100 didn’t come as a surprise for a lot of people, including those working on the project. But what happened? Sources close to the project tell us that 1 Vs. 100 fell victim to, among other things, some game-killing…

Dashboard Redesign Coming in November? [Update]

The Xbox 360 dashboard, the user interface for Microsoft’s gaming console, looks like it may be getting a slight polish in November when the company launches their Xbox Live Gold Family plan. The Family plan includes four one-year Xbox Live gold memberships for $100, as well as a new Family Center on the dashboard and…

Close Up With Kinect’s Purple Boxes

Did you know that Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect games come in purple cases instead of the green Xbox 360 ones? Would you like to see the cases up close? Better yet, would you like to see an entire wall of them? Here you go! A wall of purple Kinect cases. On your computer screen. Amazing. Kinect…

Why Are Consoles Banned In China?

Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there is a flourishing PC gaming culture. There has to be a reason for this ban. Turns out, there is. “Consoles have been banned in China since the year 2000,” Lisa Hanson from market researcher…

Microsoft Brings Halo: Reach, Gears Of War 3, Fable III, And Kinect To Comic-Con

Microsoft brings out the big guns at the 40th annual Comic-Con International, with a line-up of panels and playables featuring Kinect, Gears of War 3, Fable III, Halo: Reach, and more! Microsoft has a powerful line-up of Xbox 360 games coming out in the latter half of this year, and the 40th annual Comic-Con International…

Large Kinect Kiosk Sets Up Shop In Mall

This month, Microsoft is rolling out Kinect demo booths at malls across the country. Malls like Minnesota’s Mall of America. And a bunch of Macy’s. The demo booth at the Mall of America kind of like a Winnebago! Which would not look entirely out of place at the Mall of America. This kiosk opens this…

The New Xbox 360’s Arcade Version Detailed By Amazon

We already knew that Microsoft was planning on offering a cheaper version of its new, smaller, glossier Xbox 360, but we didn’t know much more about it. Thanks to Amazon Germany, now we know. Microsoft documentation had previously outed a $199 USD Xbox 360 S at E3 2010, planned for a fall release. Amazon.de says…

Mars Looks Like A Great Place For Some Destructible Buildings

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to deliver an amazingly detailed view of Mars to Microsoft Research’s free Worldwide Telescope application, with images so detailed you can almost see the Google Maps camera cars roaming about the surface. The Worldwide Telescope is a nifty little Microsoft program, available for free download or as a Silverlight…