Tag Archives: major nelson
Mon, Jan 09, 2012 | 22:03 GMT
Call of Duty takes top three spots on 2011 Xbox Live activity charts
One juggernaut dominated Xbox Live during 2011 – and it’s exactly what you expected.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Charts, Games for Windows, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: call of duty, major nelson, xbox live activity
Wed, Oct 12, 2011 | 21:17 BST
Xbox Live dashboard preview accepting beta applicants
Hoping to get your hands on the new Xbox 360 dashboard update before all of the rest of us chumps? Now you can try your luck through the beta sign-up. More »
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: major nelson, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Dashboard update
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 02:15 BST
Microsoft bringing Xbox Live to Windows 8
Microsoft have announced new plans to bring Xbox Live to the Windows 8 operating system.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, PC, Xbox Live
Tags: games for windows live, Larry Hryb, major nelson, windows 8, Xbox Live
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 09:12 BST
Report: Sonic CD XBLA port to be announced at PAX
Sega’s set to announce an Xbox Live Arcade port of Sonic CD at PAX this weekend, according to a Major Nelson post which mentions what games will be at the event. Nothing has been announced on it so far formally, but it will be at Xbox’s Booth 432 as a playable title. Sega said that it’ll be “sharing some more information soon.”
Thanks, Joystiq.
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 | 11:28 BST
Kinecting the core: Forza 4 head-tracking shown in video
A new video on Youtube has Major Nelson giving us the first glimpse of Forza 4′s head-tracking feature.
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Posted in: E3 2011, Microsoft, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Dan Greenawalt, forza 4, major nelson, turn 10
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 14:25 BST
Microsoft Game Studio one-day sale: 50% off Limbo, Trials HD, Shadow Complex and others
Mr Major Nelson has detailed some special, one-day-only offers.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Arcade, Fighter, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Sports, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: castle crashers, Limbo, major nelson, Monday Night Combat, offer, price cut, Shadow Complex, Trials HD
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 | 09:30 BST
Kinect for Windows SDK site launches
A Tweet by Xbox Live’s Major Nelson – Larry Hryb, to his family – has pointed to the launch of the Kinect for Windows SDK website.
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Posted in: Development, Education, Kinect, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, peripherals
Tags: Authoring tools/SDK, kinect, major nelson
Thu, Feb 03, 2011 | 14:07 GMT
Report: New Halo: Reach add-on coming “very soon,” says Nelson
Major Nelson has hinted that a second add-on pack for Halo Reach is on the horizon.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, major nelson
Thu, Jan 13, 2011 | 10:10 GMT
Nelson: Microsoft “ran out” of consoles over Christmas
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 | 07:17 BST
SSFIV DLC packs unavailable to download from Live, MS looking into it
Microsoft’s said it’s looking into an issue regarding the recently-released DLC for Super Street Fighter IV on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Capcom, Fighter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: major nelson, super street fighter iv, Ultra Challengers Pack 1, Ultra Costume Catalog 1
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 14:58 BST
Xbox.com to get “massive facelift” tomorrow, includes Windows Phone 7 support
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | 23:16 BST
Xbox Live Activity for the week of Sept. 13 – Modern Warfare 2 tops
Major Nelson has posted the Live activity list for the week of September 13, and it shows Modern Warfare 2 is still tops.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: major nelson, xbox live activity
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 | 07:07 BST
TGS: “Some incredibly cool Kinect news” coming this week, says MS
So here we are. After San Francisco, Los Angeles and Cologne, we’ve come to the last stop in gaming’s conference calendar: Tokyo. And it sounds as though Microsoft’s readying some decent Kinect news.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, TGS 2010, Xbox 360
Tags: Larry Hyrb, major nelson
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 | 20:26 BST
Microsoft lists what’s coming to XBLA, Lara Croft DLC goes free for a bit
Major Nelson has posted the schedule for Xbox Live for the remainder of August and it’s looking pretty jam packed.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: major nelson
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 11:46 BST
Major Nelson’s Gamertag gets hacked
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Larry Hyrb, major nelson
Fri, Feb 05, 2010 | 08:14 GMT
Xbox Live for original Xbox to shut down on April 15
Major Nelson’s announced that Xbox Live services for the original Xbox will shut down as of April 15.
Tue, Feb 02, 2010 | 14:22 GMT
New games to be announced at X10, says Nelson
Some good stuff is going to be revealed at X10 in San Francisco next week, according to Major Nelson.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Larry Hyrb, major nelson, X10
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 18:36 GMT
Microsoft hiring for loads of different positions
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Posted in: Development, Games for Windows, Jobs, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Zune, hardware
Tags: major nelson, microsoft job offerings
Mon, Jan 11, 2010 | 08:49 GMT
Halo 3 is most popular Live game of 2009
Nelson’s posted the most popular Live titles of last year, with Halo 3, unsurprisingly, coming out on top.
Twisted Metal launches in US, reviews rounded-up