With sales falling through the floor, Microsoft has put together a new Xbox 360 bundle with hopes to stimulate a dwindling market.
Former Activision executive vice president of publishing Robin Kaminsky is pushing hard for the next generation of consoles, claiming that “…a longer cycle is resulting in fewer sales, as consumers fill their need for new and innovative forms of interactive content on new platforms like smartphones and tablets…“
In a recent interview, Xbox’s European head Chris Lewis was asked about the effect of the recent PS3 and 3DS price drops on the Xbox 360. Could there be a 360 price drop in the near future?
Robin Burrowes, Xbox Live product marketing manager for EMEA, spoke with Eurogamer at gamescom regarding the redesign that will integrate the Kinect voice and motion controls with the menu.
Deep in the labyrinth of Microsoft is a room where only the boldest of staff members are allowed to wonder. A room with a simple lable “Please do not disturb. Sensitive material behind curtain.â€
ESPN 2.0, will be a massive overhaul of the application scheduled to launch August 25th.
The Xbox 360 Wireless Headset with Bluetooth will finally come to aid in your online gaming in “early November 2011″ for $60. It will be capable of Bluetooth support, so you can use the headset with a cell phones or even PlayStation 3.
Xbox 360 users can now download Avatar Kinect. After the download is complete, you can either select ‘Play Now’ or give it a try later under the “Games†tab, then “Quick Launch†to play.
Microsoft just revealed a new R2D2-styled Xbox 360 Kinect bundle at Comic-Con, to celebrate the Star Wars Kinect.
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There will be a Microsoft update for the Xbox 360 according to Major Nelson. Major Nelson talks about it on his blog and states, “there are no new features that will show up once your system has been updated,” the update is just to prepare your system for all the goodies you are hoping for now.
SOURCE | MAJOR NELSON
Announced earlier this year ‘Avatar Kinect’ is one of the latest innovations for the Kinect; allowing you to control and interact with Xbox Live Avatars. Here is latest promo video showing off some of the great features.
At the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles yesterday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned a service called “Xbox Music”. Ballmer also stated the service would be enabled this fall, contain over 11 million songs and be compatible with Kinect, this according to Business Insider.
The Polish creative collective Arbuzz might have made the greatest virtual toy a little girl or boy even, could hope for. The Virtual Dressing Room makes playing dress-up that much more amazing using 3D imaging to fit a selection of clothes to your body.
UPDATE 7/6: Contrary to multiple sources, Microsoft cloud storage has NOT gone live yet (via Joystiq).
Microsoft sure doesn’t play around; when they say they’re going add a feature, they’re going add it! During E3, Microsoft announced that cloud storage would be coming to Xbox 360, and wouldn’t you know, here it is!
Microsoft has chosen to merge the Games for Windows Marketplace and Xbox.com into a one stop shop for games.
The NBC news tab on the Xbox channel on your Xbox Live dashboard is getting a slight update. You can now find it in the Video Marketplace portion of the Dashboard with a few upgrades.
Microsoft revealed plans to push it’s successful Xbox Live platform beyond the Xbox 360 and mobile phones. It has decided that it will begin integrating the online multiplayer and digital distribution service into its upcoming Windows 8 operating system for PCs.
Microsoft announced at the press conference that a brand new Kinect dashboard is coming to the Xbox 360.
Microsoft is also adding themselves to the “watch us live” on the internet for E3 crew. You can get all the info live June 6th at 12:3Opm (est) at Xbox.com/e3
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The Xbox Live status page now states that the Xbox Live Marketplace is currently experiencing an interruption in service.
The team at Microsoft is about to launch a new promotion offering any student who purchases a Windows 7 PC (laptop or desktop) at $699 or more a free 4GB Xbox 360 S.
Microsoft has confirmed that some Xbox 360 consoles won’t be compatible with the mandatory firmware update. There is good news however as the console manufacturer will replace consoles that become unable to read retail game discs. This is because once anti-piracy measures are enabled you will get to trade in non-working consoles witha new Xbox 360 S with 250 GB hard drive.