Category: Microsoft
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Angry Birds – Angry Boss slams Nintendo and Microsoft!
It seems we now know where those Angry Birds get all their anger from – as Rovio Mobile boss Peter Vesterbacka has unleashed a tirade on both Nintendo and Microsoft during an interview to games industry website MCVUK.com. This interview assault follows Nintendo’s claim that mobile smartphone games such as Angry Birds are damaging to […]
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Microsoft are testing higher capacity Xbox 360 game discs
Microsoft is currently testing Xbox 360 game discs with a larger storage capacity, a source close to Eurogamer claims. Unfortunately Microsoft still won’t be using Blu-Ray disc technology, so don’t get your hopes up on that one just yet. At present, game discs for the console are 7.95GB, and games have to be 6.8GB or […]
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EA Says Goodbye to Paper Manuals
EA, or Electronic Arts are the latest games developer to take a Green Pledge and have announced they will be eliminating Paper Manuals and reducing printed materials in their packaged products by 40 percent. This will apply to all of EA’s Xbox 360, Playstation and PC games worldwide going forward. EA has stated that all […]
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Next XBox fake image exposed – Microsoft designer admits hoax
A sneak peak image of what could have been the next XBox appeared on the internet yesterday, very publically, through the online portfolio of a former Microsoft designer, who has now unsurprisingly admitted it was a fake and the post has been removed. Ben Peterson has worked alongside Microsoft’s interactive design division and had posted an obscured image, leaving […]
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Heavy Rain wins big at Gaming BAFTA’s
The Gaming BATA’s took place last night in a lavish affair in London and one of the shock big winners was Heavy rain, the Playstation 3 exclusive interactive movie/ person shooter game. The British Academy Video Games Awards takes place every year and celebrates the achievements of the video games industry and gives out awards […]
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iPhone game DoodleJump coming to Kinect for Xbox 360
The top selling iPhone application of all time, DoodleJump, is due to make the ‘jump’ (sorry) to Xbox 360 and Kinect in the near future. Lima Sky, the developers of DoodleJump, have unveiled plans to bring the massively popular game to Xbox users as an Xbox Arcade game which will work with Microsoft’s record-breaking accessory, […]
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Gadget HELP! – Microsoft Xbox 360 and how to Configure a USB flash drive for Xbox storage
We at The Gadget Helpline get hundreds of calls a week from frustrated customers looking for support and help with their Gadgets and electronic goods, so we thought we would share some of our help to the world. Today we have received a call where one of our dedicated agents provided support on a Microsoft […]
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Gaming weekly – MS Points, Pokemon race issues and Skyrim FTW
MS Points Generator Is No Longer Safe ‘Gates has his eye on you, man. He’s gonna blow your f*ckin’ brains out if he finds out you’ve been ripping him off like this.’ But seriously, the number of freeloading assholes stealing Microsoft Points is getting out of hand, and now Microsoft has decided to crack down […]
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Dave Cameron Pioneers Special Needs Gaming Centre
It’s not every day that a country clandestinely decides that their leader is actually an Android designed for world domination… But hey, in the mean time he’s furthering the cause of good, as recently David Cameron opened the first Accessible Video Games Centre in his constituency of Witney. The AVGC is a place where people […]
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Mortal Kombat delivers knockout with retro “Fight Stick”
The much-anticipated reboot to the Mortal Kombat game franchise is on its way next month and looks to seriously kick ass and breathe new life into the saga after a series of lackluster sequels. Rated “M” for mature, the new Mortal Kombat will be a dream come true for us 90s teens that grew up […]
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Microsoft to launch IPTV for XBox LIVE with new Orapa service
Xbox LIVE could soon be receiving its very own streaming TV experience reported to be entitled Orapa. Currently Xbox 360 owners within the UK can only benefit from streaming TV through the Sky Player application, which allows access to most of the Sky entertainment package including all 5 sport channels and hundreds of movies, for […]
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Microsoft Kinect is fastest selling consumer electronics device
Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 accessory was flying off the shelves back when it was first released on November 4th 2011, with one million units being sold in the first 10 days. Kinect’s success didn’t stop there though, with sales figures tracked at 2.5 million units sold after the first 25 days, then 8 million […]