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New Controller, New LIVE Prices: Xbox 360 News Round-Up
Over the past few days, the headlines have been burning with the fires of Xbox, both good and bad. Today, we’re taking a look at the new Xbox 360 Controller set to release later this fall, along with the new Xbox Live pricing model announced yesterday. New Xbox 360 Controller With Fixed D-Pad Coming in [...]
Continue reading...Console News Round-Up: Kinect Bundle Announced and Plants vs Zombies for Xbox 360
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The ramp-up begins for the holiday season ahead with more news about Kinect a new bundle as well as news from our casual friends at PopCap for a release date on Plants vs Zombies for Xbox Live Arcade. New Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle Announced On top of announcing the official price for Xbox Kinect, Microsoft [...]
Continue reading...Clap Twice for Pizza: Gesture Recognition Makes this Dream a Reality
Monday, July 12, 2010
It’s no secret that, when it comes to home entertainment, we’re in the midst of a distribution revolution. Content once tied to broadcast airwaves is now being ravenously consumed on the internet via computers, video game consoles and set top devices. TriplePoint has the privilege of working with some of these new media startups. PlayOn [...]
Continue reading...Shop For Clothes, Experience Kinect: Playable Demos in Macy’s Stores
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Microsoft has been toying with gamers’ emotions, offering Kinect demos before the fall release only in Microsoft Stores, all of which happen to be on the west coast. For most of us, that meant that a pre-launch Kinect demo was still only a pleasant dream. Now, the amount of locations has more than quadrupled: starting [...]
Continue reading...Xbox Live Pulled In $1 Billion of Revenue Last Year
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Microsoft’s Xbox Live service hasn’t skipped a beat since its inception, and this past year was no exception. Even with free alternatives offered by Sony and Nintendo, Xbox Live raked in $1 billion of pure revenue last year. Bloomberg believes that half of that earned revenue is from subscription fees, which explains why Xbox Live [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Discounts Music Tracks in ‘LIVE-a-palooza’
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Is your home full of plastic music game accessories? Got too many Guitar Hero guitars, more than one Rock Band drum set? Or maybe you’re just a sucker for a good sale. Good news! Starting on the 6th of July, Microsoft is launching ‘LIVE-a-palooza’, an enormous sale on over 200 music tracks, albums and track [...]
Continue reading...Light A Candle For Microsoft’s Kin
Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Microsoft Kin had a pretty darn short life. For those of you out there (and apparently there were not many of you) that enjoyed the device, a website has been erected for you to pay your respects to the ill-fated social networking focused device. According to KinRIP.com, (via IntoMobile) the site’s was created “in [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Kinect To Be Two Players Max?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
As posted by GamesIndustry.biz, some technical data found on Play.com seems to suggest that the upcoming Xbox Kinect from Microsoft will appear to only support up to two players simultaneously. While the data may not be final, it is the most information released yet and involves the Kinect camera’s skeletal tracking system. Apparently, the system [...]
Continue reading...Watch a Video, Earn 2 Free Treasure Isle Island Cash
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Want to earn free Island Cash in Treasure Isle? Zynga is allowing users to do just that, by launching a new cross-promotional event with Microsoft’s Bing search engine, that will allow you to earn 2 free Island Cash for completing a simple activity. You’ll find the opportunity at the bottom right hand side of the [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Kinect Price: $149?
Monday, June 21, 2010
According to several major retailers, the U.S. price point for Microsoft’s controller-less motion-control technology will debut at a hefty $149. Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and Wal-Mart are all in agreement in listing the device at $149, according to game industry tracker Edge. Microsoft announced at their E3 press conference last week that the device would [...]
Continue reading...E3 2010: A Look at Fable III’s Character Expressions (Xbox 360)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Fable III, from Lionhead Studios, was shown off at Microsoft’s booth at this year’s E3. I had a chance to go hands-on with the title, and found that while the game is basically more of the same; that is, if you like Fable II, the gameplay here hasn’t really been changed – some of the [...]
Continue reading...E3 2010: Xbox 360 Slim Now Shipping to Stores
Monday, June 14, 2010
At the Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing, Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 Slim, which will cost the same price as an Xbox 360 Elite – $299. Beginning today, Microsoft is shipping the console, and it will be available in stores later this week in the US. It comes equipped with a 250 GB hard drive, [...]
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