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Microsoft to Support Xbox 360 for Three More Years

The Xbox 360 is set to have an impressive 11 year life cycle with Microsoft confirming it’s support for the console for another three years. Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi spoke at the Citi Global Technology Conference … Continue reading

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New Xbox Live Update – Points to Currency Conversion

Major Nelson has just announced the release of the Fall update for Xbox Live on the Xbox 360. While the update includes several new features, the biggest one is the move from using Microsoft Points to local currency in order … Continue reading

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How to Watch X1 Kill the PS4 at E3 (Plus Some Memes)

Microsoft has been taking a beating in the media and on social networks over the Xbox One reveal event with many people believing there was too much focus on TV and sports and not enough focus on games. That said, … Continue reading

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Xbox One Revealed – All the Details

The next generation Xbox is called Xbox One and was revealed by Microsoft just one hour ago at their #XboxReveal event in Redmond.  Technical specs are as follows: 8 core AMD CPU 8 GB system memory 500 GB HDD Blu-ray … Continue reading

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#XboxReveal Event for Next Xbox in Under 24 Hours

Quick reminder that Microsoft will be unveiling the next generation Xbox at #XboxReveal in under 24 hours! The event will be taking place at 1:00pm ET on May 21 at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington and will be streamed on … Continue reading

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Epic Games Buys People Can Fly, Three Developers Leave

Bulletstorm developer, People Can Fly, was just purchased by Epic Games officially. The studio worked in tandem with Epic prior to the purchase on the foul-mouthed skillshot FPS before, however the studio was never actually owned outright by the Raleigh-based … Continue reading

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Xbox 720 to Release Before 2014, According to New Microsoft Ad

  Microsoft has a pretty bad habit of ensuring that all of its employees are on the same page, as recently the company has been backpedaling on several of its recent comments regarding the next Xbox. After accidentally letting it … Continue reading

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How Many Consoles Will Exist in the Next-Generation of Gaming?

With the recent success of the open-source, Android-powered Ouya game console on Kickstarter, the waning power of current-gen console manufacturers, and the increasing number of studios being shuttered by publishers, the possibility of a generation of gaming with more than … Continue reading

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Polytron: “Patching Fez Would Cost Us Thousands of Dollars”

The popular 8-bit platformer, Fez, recently received a patch that fixed a number of problems for players, but unfortunately inconvenienced approximately 1% of users with game-crippling bugs. As unlucky as that is, what’s even more pathetic is the price that … Continue reading

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Could Killing Used Games Kill the Gaming Industry?

As the next-generation of consoles approaches, some have speculated that console manufacturers such as Microsoft may have the power to create an industry without a used games market. Considering that developers and gamers both lose money when used games are … Continue reading

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