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The Xbox Live Rewards Rush for Gold Sweepstakes

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

Microsoft has officially kicked off the The Xbox Live Rewards Rush for Gold Sweepstakes and there is a ton of cool stuff up for grabs including 1,000,000 Microsoft Points, ten Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars bundles, ten Xbox 360 Special … Continue reading →

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Halo 4 Release Date November 6

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

Halo 4 will launch worldwide on 6 November 2012, it was announced by Microsoft and 343 Industries earlier today. The game is set four years after the events of Halo 3 and in it Master Chief returns to “confront his … Continue reading →

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Why No Xbox Next Announcement Just Yet?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

When news recently broke that Microsoft would not be unveiling or even discussing the successor to the Xbox 360 (aka Project Durango) at this year’s E3 event in June, it left many people scratching their heads and asking the question … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 Dominates February

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

The Xbox 360 has been the best-selling console for a 14 months straight and shows no signs of losing that position. The NPD numbers for February have just been released and Microsoft’s flagship console sold a total of 426,000 units … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Xbox Live

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

Just a quick note – the consumer preview version of Windows 8 has been released and you can download it now and take it for a spin. Xbox Live is part of the preview and, as Major Nelson points out, … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Rolls Out

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

If you logged into Xbox Live recently on your console, you might have been prompted to download a mandatory dashboard update. Microsoft recently started rolling out the update, which seems to be primarily designed to fix the color space issue … Continue reading →

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12 Months Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions on Sale for $36

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

Prices on 12 month Xbox Live subscriptions seem to be getting cheaper and today we have a deal even better than the $39.99 offer from Amazon (as detailed here). This one comes from Microsoft themselves, via the Microsoft Store, and lets … Continue reading →

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Microsoft France: No Xbox 720 Announcement in 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

With all the rumors regarding Microsoft’s successor to the Xbox 360 currently swirling around, it was nice to see an official comment on the matter from Cedrick Delmax, who is marketing director of Microsoft France. As reported by the website … Continue reading →

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Xbox 720 Arriving Late 2013 with Outdated GPU?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

The Xbox Next/Xbox 720/Xbox Loop/Xbox Ten will be released in late October or early November next year and have a graphics processing unit (GPU) that is approximately six times more powerful than that found in the current Xbox 360.  All that … Continue reading →

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Rumor: Microsoft to Discontinue Microsoft Points

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Matt Gibbs

Here’s some good news for Xbox 360 gamers everywhere – Microsoft Points are going to be discontinued and phased out by the end of the year if a new report by Inside Mobile Apps is to be believed. According to … Continue reading →

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