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Mass Effect 3 Demo – Free Live Time for All!

Zack Dodge — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:19:15 +0000

OK, well maybe not free live time for all, but if you happen to be a silver member when downloading the upcoming ME3 multiplayer demo, Microsoft has a surprise for you. All Silver users wil be allowed to play online …

Microsoft: No New Console Announcements This Year

Michael Lacerna — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:45:48 +0000

It seems like every day there’s a new rumor regarding the inevitable successor to Microsoft’s Xbox 360, but don’t expect Microsoft themselves to say anything about the mysterious new console any time soon. In an interview with French news outlet …

Bargain Bin Slumming: The Best Xbox 360 Games for $10 or Less

Michael Lacerna — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:26:40 +0000

In tough economic times like these, it’s not unwise to tighten your belt and cut your expenditures down to the bare necessities. Of course, what qualifies as a “necessity” is open to interpretation: while some (sane) people make paying the …

RUMOR: Next Xbox Plays Blu-Ray, Doesn’t Play Used Games

Michael Lacerna — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:34:46 +0000

The internet has been filled with Microsoft related rumors lately, and the latest is a doozy: Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo says he’s heard info from “a reliable industry source” that Microsoft’s next console will be incompatible with used games. Totilo …

RUMOR: Say Good Riddance to Microsoft Points

Michael Lacerna — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:54:53 +0000

Tired of having to convert your money into Microsoft Points every time you buy something off of XBLA? Sick of always having 40 or 80 points left over after buying a sale item, and having absolutely nothing worthwhile to use …

Microsoft loosens a restriction on Indie Games

Rian Quenlin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:11:59 +0000

Indie game development on the 360 had one problem according to the developers, and that was that all games over 50MB in size had a price of 240 or 400 Microsoft points. This resulted in developers doing everything they could …

Google and Apple will not be using ESRB for mobile game ratings

Chris Hernandez — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:22:04 +0000

Recently the ESRB has announced that it will start doing mobile ratings, starting in 2012, but it may be for nothing as Apple and Google will have no part of it. The ESRB has been keeping game ratings private and …

Indie Devs furious at XBox Marketplace burying them

Rian Quenlin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:02:20 +0000

Update: According to Chris, they’ve been less-buried, but apparently “Indie” is still a genre where all games are the same. Indie developers, who are responsible for great games like Terraria, VVVVVV, Minecraft, Spelunkey, La Mulana, Koumajou Densetsu, and who also …

Online Windows Phone Metro UI Demo Unveiled

Alex — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:40:36 +0000

In an innovative move, Microsoft has unveiled a demo online version of their Metro UI, which will allow Android and iOS users to get an idea as to how Windows Phone devices work. It is not an application per se, …

More Xbox Live users are Playing Skyrim than Battlefield 3

Chris Hernandez — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:45:46 +0000

It is already known that Skyrim sold a whopping 3.5 Million copies in its first two days, which may not seem like much for a AAA title, but for an RPG of this sort that is mighty impressive. So, it …