Watching Windows Weekly this week I think the most confusing thing about “Xbox Live TV” seems to be that people don’t know what it is called. Microsoft don’t mention a single name for this new service in their press release but I don’t think there should be confusion about that, I think actually that these [...]
Well the rumours were true and it has turned out that Microsoft has many new media partners to bring content to the Xbox “soon”. These media partners aren’t just from the US but are spread throughout the world, I count 15 media partners in total for the UK. The range of media partners is pretty [...]
All Things D has reported that Microsoft is expected to announce a whole load of new features and media partnerships tomorrow today in preparation for the Xbox 360’s new “pay TV” capabilities. There have been rumours circulating for the past few weeks that Microsoft was in the final stages of talks with many media companies [...]
With news that Microsoft will be bringing Xbox Live to Windows 8 it got me thinking about what this could mean for Xbox Live and how it will change the service. Currently Xbox Live is available on the Xbox 360 and on Windows Phone, however they aren’t the same kind of service at all. On [...]
This is exciting news for PC gamers and something that has been a long time coming; Games for Windows Marketplace will be moving over to xbox.com! Microsoft have made an announcement on the Games for Windows forum on xbox,com. They say: Games for Windows Marketplace will fully transition over to Xbox.com. Now you can get [...]
Following the Mango announcement back on May 24th I wrote about what new features shown there could mean for other Microsoft products. Well today I want to take a look at what some of the new features coming to the Xbox later this year could mean for other Microsoft products. By the way, NXE stands [...]
Today Microsoft announced many new features for Xbox 360 some of which available now but most things coming out later this year. In this article I will go through some of the new features sharing with you some of my thoughts on them. Microsoft kicked off the announcement with a live demo of Call of [...]
@Lituus, a very trusted source for Microsoft information, has just tweeted informing everyone that he has been reliably told that at least one of the expected Xbox 360 bundles will include an Xbox 360 Starter (the rumoured lower priced unit not yet announced by Microsoft), the Kinect accessory and 4 Kinect games for only $319.99. [...]
Engadget are reporting that Microsoft will soon be introducing a new Xbox Live subscription for the family, it will allow up to four individuals access to Xbox Live Gold memberships for only $99.99 a year. This new subscription package also comes with a new area of the Xbox Dashboard allowing access to Family Settings and [...]
After Microsoft had announced Kinect for Xbox 360 a few major website in the US started listing the price for the Xbox accessory as $149.99 however Microsoft never confirmed this price. Today Kinect for Xbox 360 has appeared on Microsoft’s own online store for the same price. Whilst not being confirmed by the company in [...]