Tag Archives: Microsoft

Peggle 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare first on Xbox One

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Peggle 2 are coming first to Xbox One, and the latter is a launch title. PopCap Games announced a multi-game deal with Microsoft at the latter’s Gamescom conference earlier today. Garden Warfare’s unique class-based, third-person shooting will support 24-person multiplayer, as well as four-player …

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We didnt move away from digital, Xbox One CPO says

When Microsoft did an about-face on its Xbox One connection and game sharing policies, a few cool features were seemingly left behind. But Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten told IGN that it wasn’t an all-or-nothing situation. “I see people feeling like we’ve moved away from digital, when certainly …

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Achievements getting overhaul for Xbox One

Microsoft has announced a number of changes to the way Achievements will work on Xbox One (opens in new tab). Speaking via Major Nelson’s blog (opens in new tab), Cierra McDonald, the Program Manager of Xbox Live Achievements, confirmed that your Gamerscore and XBL profile will carry over from Xbox …

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Xbox 360 receives price drop in Australia

Here’s a sobering thought: Christmas is only 82 days away. That’s 82 days that stand between you and the annoyed relative who’s demanding to know why you bought them a pet rock and a pencil sharpener for the third year in a row. Do you really want to be that …

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Microsoft denies they ever mentioned a new Xbox

Two days ago we got a little excited because we thought we’d just heard – for the first time ever, amazingly – a Microsoft representative publicly mention thata new Xbox console is in development (opens in new tab). “We’ve had Hotmail and operated Hotmail for about 16 years, we obviously …

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Spelunky Xbox Live Arcade release date revealed

(opens in new tab) One of the most well-regarded indie platformers in gaming history is coming to Xbox Live Arcade soon, and today we found out exactly when. To our surprise, Spelunky will be hitting XBLA in just a little over a week on July 4. Created by designer Derek …

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Microsoft unveils “new Microsoft Surface” tablet

Microsoft held a press conference today that captured that attention and imagination of the tech world. As speculated, the mega-corporation announced that they are developing a new tablet PC that will rival competitors like the iPad. Speculation held that Microsoft would be unveiling a new tablet that would be heavily …

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Microsoft says Xbox 360 has more than two years left

According to the head of Microsoft Studios, Phil Spencer, the Xbox 360 may well be with us for quite a long time yet. With the next generation coming up quickly, some may expect that the Xbox 360 will fall by the wayside as Microsoft transitions to the next generation. However, …

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Next Gears of War game revealed

Game Informer (opens in new tab) is being exceptionally coy about the reveal of its latest cover which displays the latest game in the Gears of War series. To the point that we’d hesitate to call it a cover reveal, considering half of it is shrouded in darkness. Though they’re …

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