Category: Microsoft
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GamerGate Controversy Rages on
The GamerGate controversy, a politically charged backlash against gaming media bodies and online activists, is reaching critical mass today. The conflict arose when certain indie game developers were found to be personally and financially involved with journalists from gaming news websites, prompting a backlash due to a perceived bias. In other words, the gaming journalism…
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Sky News Coming to Xbox 360, Not Xbox One
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This is a little bit of a weird one, we’ve been hearing reports from Sky that their news service is well on its way to Microsoft’s Xbox platform, but for some reason unbeknownst to those outside of Rupert Murdoch’s interstellar empire, the Sky News app is only going to turn up on the Xbox 360,…
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Xbox One September Update Already Available
The latest Xbox One update originally expected in September has already emerged less than two weeks after the August firmware was rolled out with some even reporting that it’s available and installing onto consoles today. Upgrades detailed one Microsoft website for the coming month’s Xbox One firmware (6.2.11507.0) mention a new Media Player app which…
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Standalone Kinect 2.0 Camera to go on sale in October for Xbox One
With sales of the Xbox One picking up (finally!) word is that Microsoft will be looking to start selling the Xbox One Kinect 2.0 sensor as a standalone accessory for the console later on this year. According to Windows Phone Central MS will sell the console’s camera and voice recognition system on the side from October…
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New 500GB Hard Drive for Xbox 360
The companies behind the new generation of consoles, aka the Xbox One and Sony, haven’t forgotten their last generation of amazing gaming machines. The Xbox 360 and PS3 have both seen recent upgrades and attention from their creators, with Sony recently announcing a new cheaper edition of the PS3 for release towards Christmas. SEE ALSO:…
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Microsoft resolution on Xbox One Disc Drive Error 0x80820002
Many fans and Xbox owners have been reaching out to Microsoft on the official Xbox Forums and via Twitter, but it seems the problem is still not being highlighted by Microsoft as lost of conflicting information is coming from the company. Yesterday afternoon on the Xbox forum, Microsoft (in the form of Mister Quimby, and…
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ReddX Brings Reddit to Xbox One
Microsoft has added an official Reddit app to the Xbox One allowing users of the console access to the, um, charming, content posted on the popular social networking website, which allows users with similar tastes to group together and post news articles. SEE ALSO: Xbox One Update Affecting Some Disc Drives – Error Code 0×80820002…
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Xbox One Update Affecting Some Disc Drives – Error Code 0x80820002
Microsoft has acknowledged a problem following its most recent Xbox One update which was automatically rolled out to the masses yesterday. The Gadget Helpline has learnt of the issue though many reports from Xbox One gamers and the problem with the update version 6.2.11393.0 XB_REL_1408.140729-2200 affects the console’s optical drive, preventing any game discs from being recognised as…
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Xbox One August Update Available Today
Xbox One receives its August update this week with Microsoft again basing its list of new additions on things requested by its gaming audience. These new additions were announced by Xbox programming boss Larry Hyrb aka ‘Major Nelson’ who introduces Mobile Purchases to the Xbox Live market place. As one of the most asked for features…