Category Archives: Microsoft
Thu, May 23, 2013 | 02:22 BST
Major Nelson’s Xbox One Q&A chat transcribe
Xbox LIVE programming director Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb answered questions about Xbox One in a live Yahoo! chat today. He shed some light on a few minor details and shrugged others off to be addressed at E3, which he points out is merely 18 days away.
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Thu, May 23, 2013 | 01:17 BST
Xbox Fitness and Kinect One domains registered by Microsoft
Microsoft has registered domain names for the new Kinect hardware, which will come bundled with the console, called Kinect One as well as what is likely to be a new Kinect-based fitness game for the new console, called Xbox Fitness.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Kinect One, Xbox Fitness
Thu, May 23, 2013 | 08:23 BST
Xbox One reveal creates anticipation and disappointment for indie devs
With Sony and Nintendo both making visible efforts to promote and improve independent developer involvement and access to their consoles, the independent developer presence was clearly lacking in Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal. Several independent developers, as well as Ouya, offer their thoughts on the reveal.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: independent
Thu, May 23, 2013 | 00:13 BST
Microsoft’s focus will remain away from PC games
Microsoft has announced 15 exclusive games coming to the Xbox One in its first year but PC gamers aren’t likely to see all of that content. When asked about Microsoft’s Window’s 8 gaming strategy, Matt Booty, general manager of Redmond Game Studios and Platforms, said, “We have got everything from very, very casual games, like our very much improved and reimagined Solitaire, all the way to graphically complicated games like The Harvest.”
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, PC, Windows Phone 8, Xbox One
Tags: Microsoft, PC, windows 8
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 23:01 BST
Scourge: Outbreak releasing on Xbox Live in July
UFO Interactive Games in partnership with Tragnarion Studios has announced a July release for Scourge: Outbreak on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Arcade, Shooter, Videos, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Scourge: Outbreak, The Scourge Project: Episodes 1 & 2, Tragnarion Studios, UFO Interactive Games
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 22:39 BST
NFL’s Xbox One deal worth $400 million over five years – report
A report from the Associated Press indicates that the deal between the NFL and Microsoft for Xbox One is worth $400 million over five years for the NFL.
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 21:32 BST
Microsoft may release a 1 vs 100 style game in some capacity with Xbox One
Phil Spencer has said Microsoft may return to a 1 vs 100 game in some capacity with Xbox One, as the company learned a lot from the XBL quiz game.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Xbox Live, Xbox One
Tags: 1 vs. 100, Phil Spencer
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 21:23 BST
Call of Duty: Ghosts next-gen engine shown in side by side comparison video
Infinity Ward has released a video showing the tech differences between Call of Duty: Ghosts and Modern Warfare 3.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, PC, PS3, PS4, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tags: Call od Duty, Call of Duty: Ghosts, CoD: Ghosts, Ghosrts, infinity ward
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 20:34 BST
Remedy to “create something new for Alan Wake when the time is right”
Remedy Entertainment boss Sam Lake has posted a video over on Humble Bundle, discussing why the team decided to create a new experience with Quantum Break instead of revisiting the Alan Wake IP for Xbox One.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Development, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tags: alan wake, Quantum Break, remedy entertainment, Sam Lake
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 22:16 BST
FIFA 14 Ultimate Team will be released on PS4 – EA rep
FIFA 14 Ultimate Team will be release on PS4 according to an EA representative’s comments to CVG.
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Posted in: Development, EA Sports, PS4, Sports, Xbox One
Tags: FIFA 14, FIFA 14 Ultimate Team
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 23:10 BST
Xbox One: “If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards,” says Mattrick
Xbox One won’t be backwards compatible, and it’s not like anyone was expecting it to be, really; however, according to Microsoft’s Don Mattrick, such thinking is “backwards” anyway.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Xbox One, hardware
Tags: backwards compatibility, Don Mattrick
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 18:17 BST
EA still developing Wii U titles, just not as many as on PS4, Xbox One
Electronic Arts hasn’t stopped making games for Wii U, it’s just not developing as many titles for it as with Microsoft and Sony consoles.
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Posted in: Development, EA, EA Sports, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tags: Blake Jorgensen, Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet Media and Communications Conference
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 17:11 BST
EA to reveal more on FIFA 14 and Star Wars at E3
EA has said it plans to reveal more on FIFA 14 and its Star Wars games in the works during E3 next month.
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Posted in: Action, Development, E3 2013, EA, EA Sports, PC, PS3, PS4, Sports, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One
Tags: Blake Jorgensen, FIFA 14, frank gibeau, peter moore, star wars
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 16:19 BST
Microsoft working with “partners to support the second hand market,” says Mattrick
Due to yesterday’s confusion surrounding how often Xbox One requires users to connect to the Internet, and whether used games will indeed be supported the way we’re used to, Microsoft’s president of interactive entertainment, Don Mattrick, has tried to alleviate some of the misconceptions surrounding the firm’s new all-in-one device.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick, Xbox One always on, Xbox One used games
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 17:50 BST
Xbox One: indie devs can’t self-publish through XBLA, XBLIG channel being done away with
Like Xbox 360 before it, independent developers won’t be able to self-publish titles through Xbox Live on Xbox One, Microsoft has confirmed. In fact, the marketplace on Xbox One will no longer contain separate channels for Xbox Live Arcade and XBL Indie Games.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One, indie
Tags: indies, Matt Booty, Xbox One indies
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 15:22 BST
Summon Night 5 tops Media Create charts, hardware still down in Japan
Summon Night 5 debuted on the Media Create charts at number one in Japan, knocking Tomodachi Collection: New Life off it’s cushy spot for the time being. The Namco title moved 105,511 units on PSP. Hardware was down again this week. You can get both charts below.
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:57 BST
Battlefield 4 single-player campaign detailed a bit more by executive producer
DICE executive producer Patrick Bach is featured in the Battlefield 4 dev chat below, and in it he discusses the shooter’s single player campaign.
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:29 BST
Metro: Last Light Season Pass now available, upcoming DLC detailed
Information on Metro: Last Light’s Season Pass and upcoming DLC has been announced by Deep Silver.
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Posted in: Deep Silver, Koch, PC, PS3, Shooter, Steam, Xbox 360
Tags: 4A Games, last light, Metro, Metro: Last Light, Metro: Last Light DLC, Metro: Last Light Season Pass
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:17 BST
Ryse confirmed as Xbox One title per Crytek website
Ryse is an Xbox One exclusive, according to an update on Crytek’s website.
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:07 BST
Xbox One proves “Microsoft has a capable platform in the living room battle” – analyst
With the reveal of Xbox One yesterday, analysts have been weighing in on Microsoft’s all-in-one machine, with Colin Sebastian calling it a “possible contender” in the living room battle.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Trade, Xbox One
Tags: analyst, Colin Sebastian, Robert W. Baird & Co
Square Enix to broadcast E3 announcements, happenings on show floor live during the event