We don’t see too many record low prices in Surface Laptop 4 deals, but Microsoft’s latest $100 discount on the Ryzen 5 configuration means this luxury laptop has never been cheaper. Coming in weeks ahead of official Black Friday laptop deals, Microsoft’s latest offer drops the mid-range configuration down to …
Read More »Microsoft offers free dedicated servers for all Xbox One titles
Call of Duty: Ghosts and Titanfall will both have free dedicated multiplayer servers, and, according to Microsoft’s Albert Penello, so will every other game on Xbox One. Penello responded on Twitter to a user inquiring about Microsoft’s Xbox Live Compute program. @PontifusRex yesOctober 15, 2013 See more That means host …
Read More »Retailers reveal 360 games you can trade up to Xbox One for $10
The languid months before a new generation of consoles begins: when people everywhere shun current-gen releases for months in favor of their shiny new counterparts. But just because you want to start the next-gen with a bang doesn’t mean you need to wait. Microsoft today revealed the titles for its …
Read More »New Xbox Live community gives bad players yellow and red cards
Xbox One’s new Live community will take a few cues from association football about poor sportsmanship. A green profile card means “Good Player”, a yellow card means “Needs Improvement”, and a red card means “Avoid Me.” But how does Xbox Live sort players into these categories? Program manager Michael Dunn …
Read More »Xbox 360 is the USs top selling console for 18 months straight
We knew that the Xbox 360 has been doing pretty well in the West as of late, but we didn’t realize Microsoft has kind of been dominating the Western console industry. In a financial release (opens in new tab) from Microsoft, they said that Xbox 360 has been the number …
Read More »Halo 4 Xbox 360 bundle revealed in Microsoft online store
A listing that was briefly glimpsed earlier today byIGN (opens in new tab)on Microsoft’s online store has confirmed the contents of a new console bundle that had until now been unannounced. The console was briefly available for pre-order, but the listings was swiftly taken down shortly after it appeared. From …
Read More »Another new Xbox rumour! Now it runs Blu-ray, blocks used games. And heres why thats 50% bull
You know the drill by now. Unconfirmed sources, might well be a load of old bollocks, but we might as well trot it all out for your perusal and consideration so that we can all speculate on how it might all turn out. Because even if though we’ll forget all …
Read More »Poll: Microsoft might be killing MS Points in favour of real, actual, money. Praise be for (much belated) common sense?
Making purchases on Xbox Live is a bit of a ball-ache. Aside from the fairly prohibitive lack of worthwhile content of late, the main stumbling block is those tricksy MS Points. Existing, let’s face it, as naught but a cheeky scam to a) make you overspend on purchases, and b) …
Read More »Microsoft wants the Xbox 360 to be your new TV
You’re probably going to start using your Xbox 360 a lot more starting this holiday. Today, Microsoft announced plans to work with just about every big television entertainment provider that matters for a huge holiday update. Bravo, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Xfinity, Syfy, and BBC in the UK are just a …
Read More »Gears of War 3 review
We won’t tease you for longer than this sentence – Gears of War 3 is awesome. The campaign is epic, with action sequences that are more intense, weapons that are more powerful, enemies that are more formidable and heroes that are more relatable than ever before. The multiplayer is extremely …
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