Category: Microsoft
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Playstation 4 production begins by end of year – Sony planning Kinect style control?
Rumour claims that Sony’s next console in the Playstation line will begin life by the end of the year and if speculation is anything to go by, it could be coming with its own motion control system – much like the one currently available on Xbox 360 with Kinect. DigiTimes suggests “reliable sources” have revealed…
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Wii U “Zelda” graphics are a myth – Footage not representative of final gameplay
One of the producers behind the Legend of Zelda series has revealed in an interview that the impressive Wii U gameplay footage we saw on display at the E3 conference may not be the real deal when the final game hits Nintendo’s new “home entertainment” console. One of the very few bits that impressed us…
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Gears of War 3 leaks online, Microsoft respond
This weekend a copy of the forthcoming Gears of War 3 game for Xbox 360 leaked online as a torrent file, and was downloaded by thousands of eager gamers. The torrent file contained the full single-player campaign as well as some multiplayer options, and gamers with mod-chipped Xbox 360 consoles were actually able to play…
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Microsoft will launch Avatar Kinect in the next few weeks
Microsoft is expected to launch their new Avatar Kinect feature for Xbox 360 in the next few weeks, WinRumours reports. Craig Mundie, Chief of Research and Strategy for Microsoft, hosted an event on Kinect last week in the US. During the event he revealed that Avatar Kinect will be launched in the next few weeks,…
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Microsoft shows Sony some love
The Chief Operating Officer of Xbox has admitted that Microsoft would never wish the PSN hacks on anyone, and that is the reason they have stayed quiet on the situation, until now. Dennis Durkin was interviewed by Industry Gamers, where the discussion of the Sony hacks came up, and the matter of how it has…
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Happy Birthday Sonic! A Retrospect on 20 Years of Gaming’s Favourite Hedgehog!
20 Years ago today Sonic the Hedgehog set out on his first badnik-bashing adventure on the 16-bit SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis console. That’s two decades to us humans and probably a lot more in Hedgehog years! But despite the crazy-fast critter’s seniority in the gaming biz, he’s still proving that he’s far from retirement…
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Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar Games confirm production “well under way”
Rockstar may have slipped out confirmation for a next full Grand Theft Auto game, further fuelling net-based speculation that GTA5 will come rolling along to Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and possibly Nintendo Wii at some point in 2012. There was no mention at the E3 conference earlier this month, but the games publisher has reportedly…
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Mortal Kombat DLC for Xbox 360 delivers 4 deadly new Kombatants
MORTAL KOMBAT!!! – will receive a bundle of DLC for Xbox 360 tomorrow when Warner Bros unleashes it’s “Season Pass” for the recent reboot of the popular arse-kicking franchise. Following up from previous “Klassic Skins” package, four new Kombatants are set to debut through the new DLC. Starting with fighting female Skarlet – who is…