Category: Microsoft

  • Gaming Weekly – Duke Nukes its future, LA Noir DLC and Wii U

    Gaming Weekly – Duke Nukes its future, LA Noir DLC and Wii U

    After Forever: Why Duke’s Latest Title Could Well Be His Most Relevant The gaming industry has always lived for hype. It fuels the fan base’s expectations; throws the ethanol of speculation on the brushfires of rumor. Most importantly, it lets a gamer paint a picture of how a game is going to be in their […]

  • COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC confirmed with Video

    COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC confirmed with Video

    ** Updated ** Activision have now confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation for release on the 28th of June via Xbox Live. Call of Duty: Black Ops is looking set to receive its third and final Map Pack DLC in the coming month in the form of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation […]

  • Microsoft opening Kinect SDK for PCs **UPDATE** Full Specs revealed

    Microsoft opening Kinect SDK for PCs **UPDATE** Full Specs revealed

    Its official, Microsoft will be rolling out the Software Developers Kit for the (formerly Xbox 360 only) Kinect for PC users, so that software and games engineers can make some glorious PC Games and software to use with the accessory. Kinect has been a huge focus for Microsoft and its Xbox 360 gaming platform for […]

  • COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC to land June 28th?

    COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC to land June 28th?

    Call of Duty: Black Ops is looking set to receive its third and final Map Pack DLC this month, in the form of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC pack which will contain 4 brand new multiplayer maps and another new zombie survival campaign. The news comes from an unofficial source but still […]

  • Microsoft opening Kinect SDK for PCs today

    Microsoft opening Kinect SDK for PCs today

    Today Microsoft will be rolling out the Software Developers Kit for the (formerly Xbox 360 only) Kinect for PC users, so that software and games engineers can make some glorious PC Games and software to use with the accessory. Kinect has been a huge focus for Microsoft and its Xbox 360 gaming platform for the […]

  • Microsoft says “No” to Xbox 360 portable – Windows Phone will deliver

    Microsoft says “No” to Xbox 360 portable – Windows Phone will deliver

    Microsoft have ended the guessing game regarding a long-rumoured Xbox 360 portable by claiming no such thing is in production and nothing will be. Xbox 360 is currently dominating in the big box console market after Sony’s recent blunders with its Playstation Network, with a number of gamers trading in their PS3 consoles for the […]

  • Some technical details for Wii U emerge online – 50% more powerful then PS3?

    Some technical details for Wii U emerge online – 50% more powerful then PS3?

    Wii U technical information is starting to emerge – with a few details of Nintendo’s latest slipping out and offering us a look inside the console that got us all talking after the anticipated and somewhat disappointing E3 reveal. Ports – The Wii U has them. Potentially quite a few of them in fact. 2 USBs at […]

  • Xbox 720 To Be Unveiled At Next Year’s E3?

    Xbox 720 To Be Unveiled At Next Year’s E3?

    Microsoft will announce the successor to their Xbox 360 at next year’s E3 according to developer Crytek. Apparently they are already making a game for it, namely TimeSplitters 4, which is of course an it’s a in-direct spin-off of the Goldeneye games and, of course, an Xbox 360 launch title way back when. Apparently the […]

  • Xbox 360 Slim models to get new Processor chip

    Xbox 360 Slim models to get new Processor chip

    Microsoft has announced a new system-on-chip (SoC) processor for the Xbox 360 slim models. The SoC (System-on-chip) processor integrates the CPU (main processor), GPU (graphics), memory and I/O (input/output) logic onto a single powerful chip. Microsoft are changing the chip as a counter to the AMD’s next generation Bulldozer and Bobcat processor technology threats. The […]

  • E3 Gaming roundup featuring Hitman, Assassin’s Creed, Warhammer 40k and the Wii U

    E3 Gaming roundup featuring Hitman, Assassin’s Creed, Warhammer 40k and the Wii U

    E3 2011: Thursday Lowdown Bringing it all back home from E3 for the final day of the show before tomorrow’s final roundup, and one of the first games we’ve spied is the next instalment in the often-shunned Hitman series. In Hitman: Absolution, developers IO Interactive, who you may remember from Kane and Lynch, and publishers […]

  • Windows Metro UI is coming to a platform near you.

    Windows Metro UI is coming to a platform near you.

    Windows have recently released some new info about Windows 8 and and i am presently surprised! Windows are taking the Metro UI seen on windows phone 7 and giving it the special treatment pushing it to its 2 other major platforms, Windows 8 OS for pc’s laptops and tablets! And also to Xbox. The Metro […]

  • E3 2011: Silent Hill: Downpour – Latest installment gets a sick soundtrack!

    E3 2011: Silent Hill: Downpour – Latest installment gets a sick soundtrack!

    The Silent Hill franchise is fan-renowned for providing some of the creepiest and disturbingly atmospheric tunes to mirror the macabre themes and nightmarish gameplay – so some exciting news for latest instalment Silent Hill: Downpour is that US metallers KoЯn are onboard for the theme song, and the musical maestro behind the Dexter TV show […]