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Natal Sales Will Be “Mediocre”, If Priced at $149

Sunday, May 30, 2010

A recent rumor about Project Natal’s price pegged the controller-less motion system’s price at $149. According to some video game industry analysts, the price point could be a slight problem for consumers. “Without knowing which company’s software lineup is better, I have to assume that software is not the deciding factor, which means that price [...]

Microsoft Not Appearing At Apple’s WWDC

Friday, May 28, 2010

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There has been much speculation about Microsoft possibly appearing at Apple’s WWDC event coming on June 7th. Microsoft has commented on the event and debunked any kind of wild rumors that were looming this past week. A report released this past Wednesday claimed that Steve Jobs was going to share the stage with Microsoft’s CEO [...]

Microsoft Possibly Planning Shakeup of Zune/Xbox Division

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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A recent report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Microsoft is about to shakeup their entertainment division containing the Xbox, Zune and Mobile departments with reorganization and a few new faces. While Microsoft has yet to bring any kind of official word to these reports, the shakeup appears to involve a complete restructuring of [...]

Ancients of Ooga Coming to XBLA in June

Sunday, May 23, 2010

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The new Xbox Live Arcade title from Ninjabee and J. Kenworthy Entertainment, creators of Cloning Clyde, will be arriving on June 16. The title is called Ancients of Ooga and was created as a spiritual successor to Cloning Clyde. According to Joystiq, Ooga will have many of the same logic puzzles as Clyde. The game [...]

Xbox 360′s Natal Available for 2010 Winter Holidays

Sunday, May 16, 2010

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Xbox 360′s Natal Available for 2010 Winter Holidays

On May 11th, the internet was abuzz with news that Natal would definitely be launching in October. The news was received from apparent Marketing Manager E&D Microsoft Saudi, Syed Bilal Tariq, who told Gamertag Radio the following: “I do have great news to share with everybody. Project Natal will be launched in Saudi Arabia and [...]

Microsoft Sides with Jobs on Flash

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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As we reported last week, Steve Jobs has a rather aggressive stance regarding Adobe’s Flash platform and how it will not be allowed on the iPhone and iPad in the foreseeable future because of several reasons. Now, Apple’s rival Microsoft has joined their side of the argument. Dean Hachamovitch of the Internet Explorer team stated: [...]

Microsoft Axes the Courier Tablet

Monday, May 3, 2010

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Gizmodo has a report that Microsoft’s fancy new tablet project codenamed ‘Courier’ has gotten the cancellation axe dropped on it. The prototype featured on many sites featured a design with two touch screens in a package that folded much like a book. That same report states that executives at Microsoft informed the ‘Courier’ team this [...]

New Game Room Titles Delayed

Friday, April 30, 2010

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According to Edge-Online, those of us that are retro game gurus will have to wait a bit longer for the next batch of titles as Microsoft announced that further titles are delayed. When the service first launched last month, Microsoft promised that there would be more titles coming in late April with subsequent weekly updates [...]

Microsoft Changes Xbox Live Points Purchases

Monday, April 12, 2010

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Microsoft Changes Xbox Live Points Purchases

As reported by EDGE, Microsoft has released a small but very appreciated upgrade to the way users purchase Microsoft Points for use on Xbox Live. Previously, users were only able to purchase points in 500 point increments. With the vast majority of Xbox Live Arcade titles costing 400 or 800 points, this meant that consumers [...]

Project Pink Phones to Be Unveiled at Microsoft Event

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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A few days ago, Microsoft sent out invitations to a “mystery” press event set for April 12th. The invitations gave no word on what the event would be about (hence the “mystery”) but Gizmodo believes they have cracked the code that Microsoft will be unveiling the Project Pink phones that have popped up occasionally. These [...]

CrowdStar Has Reportedly Backed Away from Microsoft Talks

Monday, April 5, 2010

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Back in February, we reported on the growing rumors surrounding a potential purchase of Facebook game developer CrowdStar by Microsoft. Then, the rumors had a deal coming perhaps just a few short weeks into the future. Now almost two months later, the news on the deal has turned sour. As reported by Bloomberg, a unnamed [...]

Microsoft Using PrimeSense Tech for Project Natal

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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As reported by Gamasutra, 3D sensing and technology company PrimeSense has been revealed as a tech partner for Microsoft’s Project Natal. “PrimeSense has delivered an important component to the technology, helping us deliver revolutionary controller-free entertainment experiences in the living room,” says Ilan Spillinger, Microsoft VP of Xbox 360 hardware. PrimeSense had worked on sensing [...]

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Natal Sales Will Be “Mediocre”, If Priced at $149

Microsoft Not Appearing At Apple’s WWDC

Microsoft Possibly Planning Shakeup of Zune/Xbox Division

Ancients of Ooga Coming to XBLA in June

Xbox 360′s Natal Available for 2010 Winter Holidays

Microsoft Sides with Jobs on Flash

Microsoft Axes the Courier Tablet

New Game Room Titles Delayed

Microsoft Changes Xbox Live Points Purchases

Project Pink Phones to Be Unveiled at Microsoft Event

CrowdStar Has Reportedly Backed Away from Microsoft Talks

Microsoft Using PrimeSense Tech for Project Natal

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