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Forza 3 Drives A Million Sales

Forza Motorsport 3 has sold more than a million units worldwide, and Turn 10 celebrates by selling you even more in the form of the Hot Holidays car pack. More than a million racing fans snapped up copies of Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 3 during its first month at retail, with players logging more than…

By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009

Games On Demand Coming To Games For Windows Live

Microsoft has announced that on December 15th, Games on Demand comes to Games for Windows Live, which is a very fancy way of saying it’s going to start digitally distributing PC games. It’s really the next natural step in Games for Windows Live development. The Xbox 360 Games on Demand program has been doing well…

By Mike Fahey Published December 3, 2009

Canada’s Bungie-Scented Xbox 360 Bundle

Microsoft announced this week that, for a limited time, Canadian gamers will be able to grab a special bundle that includes a console and both of Bungie’s Halo games for the 360. In all, you get a 360 Elite, two controllers and copies of both Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, all for CAD$400 (USD$380).…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2009

Exploiting MW2’s ‘Javelin Glitch’ Will Get You Banned, Says XBL

While Infinity Ward works up a fix for the infamous suicide-bombing “javelin glitch” in Modern Warfare 2, Xbox Live’s chief lawman vows that anyone caught doing it in his jurisdiction can expect a daylong banhammer, minimum. Said Stephen Toulouse (Stepto) over Twitter earlier today: While IW works on getting the MW2 glitch fixed, people we…

By Owen Good Published December 2, 2009

And Now 360 Avatars Can Have Pets

If I had 240 Microsoft points tomorrow, I would buy you a monkey. Haven’t you always wanted a monkey? The Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace pet shop opens tomorrow. Depending on your opinion of the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace, tomorrow brings either a wondrous new addition or another ridiculous thing to waste your money on –…

By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2009

What Marketing Can And Can’t Do With Microsoft’s Avatars

We took a look at Microsoft’s “Avatar Guidelines” today, the company’s set of rules governing how avatars can be displayed in both internal and external (ie, catalogues) marketing programs. And they’re more interesting than you think. Sure, most of it is made up with the kind of stuff only marketing teams and graphic designers need…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2009

Changing Video Game Cases Go For The Green

Xbox 360 owners who have recently invested in holiday season hits like Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed II, Brutal Legend or Left 4 Dead 2 may have noticed a change in their game cases. Meet the Eco-box, gamer. The lighter, thinner cases from manufacturer Viva Group are becoming the new Xbox 360 game case standard.…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 1, 2009

Halo Legends Dated For Japan, First Look At Movie Cover [Update]

Halo Legends, Microsoft’s collaboration with some of the biggest productions house of the anime industry, has a Japanese release date. The film will be released February 16, 2010 on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms. The ¥5,980 Blu-ray version is a two-disc set, while the ¥4,980 DVD version comes on three discs. Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2009

Microsoft: Black Friday Gives Xbox “Biggest Sales Week” Of Year

Get ready to for some corporate gloating, Microsoft-style, in the coming days. According to the company’s Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, the Xbox 360 just had its “biggest sales week of the year.” Greenberg didn’t put a specific figure to the console’s sales from the Thanksgiving/Black Friday week as Nintendo…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2009

BBC Upset With Microsoft Over Xbox Live Payments

The BBC and MIcrosoft aren’t exactly seeing eye-to-eye at the moment, with the British broadcaster unhappy with the way Microsoft charges users for much its online content. The dispute is centred around BBC’s iPlayer, a service that allows people in the UK to watch BBC programs from their computer, PS3 or Wii. There were also…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2009

Microsoft: Project Natal Can Replace The TV Remote

The Xbox 360‘s hands-free motion controller, due to hit sometime next year, could be more than just a new way to gyrate frantically or befriend boys in front of your television screen. It could also replace your TV remote. Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten has designs on replacing the traditional TV remote with voice and…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009

Your Black Friday Reference Guide To Game Shopping

It’s Black Friday and many of you are probably already in the shopping trenches, elbow-deep in hysterical deal-hunters and holiday shoppers. Over the week we’ve compiled a number of platform specific reference guides for you to use to help decide which games to buy and which to avoid when shopping for gaming friends and family…

By Brian Crecente Published November 27, 2009

Megatron Can Smell Your Xbox Live Avatar, Boy

Cover your hideous meat-face with a collection of attractive and stylish robot heads today, as Activision releases a set of Transformers gear onto the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace. I’m not sure how I can tie this together with Thanksgiving Day, so we’ll just mutter incoherently about turkey or something and move on to the main…

By Mike Fahey Published November 26, 2009

Microsoft Working On In-Game FAQs?

Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii has a thing called “Super Guide”. Helps you out when you’re stuck. Nintendo will almost definitely be using the technology again, but trademark filings reveal they may not be the only ones. Microsoft filed a patent in 2008 for a similar system for the Xbox 360, only instead of…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

New Crackdown 2 Screenshots, Artwork

Crackdown 2 has been running quiet for a while now, rarely popping its head up for a look. That changes today, with more screenshots and pieces of concept art than you could shake a zombie’s leg at. Zombies, cops, weapons, cars, proper screenshots, it’s all here. Knock yourselves out. Might want to grab a cup…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

2 Million LIVE Users Logged Into Facebook

Earlier this month, Facebook went live on Xbox LIVE. Loads of people have logged onto Facebook via LIVE. “Loads” is not very descriptive. “Two million” is. According to Microsoft’s first week figures, at least 2 million LIVE users logged into Facebook, and a half a million accounts were created in the first 24 hours. The…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2009

Microsoft Sued Over Memory Card Crackdown

You know Datel? I like Datel, mostly because they made the Freeloader for the GameCube/Wii. Well, Datel are in the process of taking Microsoft to court over Xbox 360 memory cards. The dispute between the two companies stems from a recent move by Microsoft to block the use of “unauthorised”, third-party memory cards on their…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

Obama And LittleBigPlanet Team Up, For Kids

The White House is announcing today a program to improve science and math education with a variety of Entertainment Software Association-backed initiatives including a program to put LittleBigPlanet in libraries as well as a $300,000 game design challenge. President Barack Obama announced the overarching directive that the gaming plans are part of at a White…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 23, 2009

Rebuffed PSN Plaintiff Lashes Out at Xbox Live, Nintendo

Seems like gaming’s found its Jonathan Lee Riches – the inmate who sues anyone and anything, largely for comedic effect. In this case, Erik Estavillo, who already had a suit against Sony tossed, has taken aim at Microsoft and Nintendo. Estavillo’s suing Microsoft for an RROD on his 360, claiming that a disability means he…

By Owen Good Published November 22, 2009

Microsoft Responds to Class Action Claim Against Xbox Live Bannings

Microsoft’s response to a law firm’s attempt to round up Xbox Live users smashed by the recent mass-banning reminds everyone that the service’s TOS allow it to hammer pirates, anytime, anywhere, so STFU. Well, not literally STFU, but one imagines that’s heavily implied with this kind of boilerplate, uttered by a Microsofot spokesperson on Friday…

By Owen Good Published November 22, 2009