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US Senator questions Comcast’s Xbox 360 video streaming service

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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A US Senator is pressurizing the Federal Communications Commission to look into Comcast’s Xbox 360 policy. Democratic Senator Al Franken has asked the FCC to investigate into the platform that lets Comcast subscribers stream video content directly from their Xbox 360s. Since the launch of the service, there have been many questions about whether it follows the principles of net neutrality. Comcast allows its existing cable subscribers to stream unlimited video using the Xfinity app … [Read more...]

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Xbox 360 Once Again Defies Spiralling Video Game Market

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been declared the best-selling gaming console in the US for the 16th month in a row. The Xbox 360 commands a 47 percent share of total console sales with Microsoft selling 236,000 units last month, according to the stats released by the NPD Group. Moreover, total consumer spending on the Xbox 360 (what the consumer spends on hardware, accessories and software) was at $261 million, more than the combined figure of Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii. The Xbox … [Read more...]

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Xbox 360 consoles for just $99! What’s the catch?

May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Microsoft seems to be testing a pricing strategy that has proved to be extremely successful with smartphone sales worldwide. The tech giant has launched the new pricing strategy on Monday to boost sales of its Xbox 360 consoles. Microsoft is now offering 4GB Xbox 360 consoles bundled with Kinect voice-and-gesture sensing controllers, all for just $99, in certain Microsoft stores in the US. As usual, there is a catch. Buyers of this console are required to sign a 2 year subscription to the Xbox … [Read more...]

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Flextronics Might Be Working On Xbox 720

May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Flextronics is apparently working with Microsoft on a brand new project which is most likely to be the next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console. The Austin, Texas-based company has supposedly assigned a complete new testing team for the special assignment, and the interesting part is that these employees are working on the project in a very discreet manner which is raising eyebrows. Put two and two together and you’ll arrive at the same conclusion as many- the project might very … [Read more...]

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Microsoft discontinues ‘Inside Xbox’ video service

May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The Xbox Live used to offer a feature that provided gamers with the latest news and details regarding the Xbox 360 in a simple video format. Unfortunately, that feature, called the “Inside Xbox” video service, has been discontinued by Microsoft, probably due to low interest on the part of the users. Now things like Featured Videos, Major’s Minute and Insider Moves will no longer be available. Microsoft made an announcement stating that the Xbox Live is considering its operating model … [Read more...]

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IGN Launches the First Video Games Content App Exclusively For The Gaming Community On Xbox LIVE

May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Leading video games media company IGN Entertainment launched a customized entertainment app today on the Xbox LIVE, the first app that is exclusively dedicated to the gaming community. Extending the company’s multi-screen strategy, the app is looking to boost IGN's strong presence on the Xbox LIVE, where it’s "Strategize" show has recorded over 42 million views, including its successful START channel on YouTube, which was launched in January this year as an addition the company’s new … [Read more...]

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Crysis 3 will pack DirectX 11 features in the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles

April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Good and startling news is around the corner! We got latest feed from Eurogamer stating that they would test the limits of the Xbox 360 and the PS3 consoles by squeezing in a DirectX 11 graphics card to the DirectX 9 inbuilt graphics processor. The director of creative development at Crytek Rasmus Hojengaard claimed that this is possible even if it be a near impossible feat. But we are not buying into such a claim as we believe it to be nothing but hokum as this kind of a change would result … [Read more...]

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NBA Baller Beats: A giant leap in Kinect motion sensing games

April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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If you're a basketball fan and love to shoot hoops even on your gaming console through Kinect or otherwise, then we have some good news for you. The latest Xbox 360 release is an NBA basketball game named as the NBA Baller Beats. The developers of Cooking Mama series, Majesco have come out with this latest Kinect motion sensing controller game. The difference between most other games in this genre and this one is that here you are not making some random gesture to mimic a move, but you are … [Read more...]

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Risen 2: Dark Waters Console Version Launch Date Pushed To August

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Game developer Deep Silver has recently announced that its semi-open world action RPG, Risen 2: Dark Waters will be available on game consoles some time after the PC version is released. The revised release date for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions has been fixed at August 3, 2012. The developer has also announced the console version will include additional content which won’t be available in the PC version. This additional content includes an episode called Air Temple supposedly featuring … [Read more...]

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Microsoft speeds up development of Xbox 720 to make up for dip in Xbox 360 sales

April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Microsoft has been left puzzled over their recent slump in the sales of the Xbox 360 and decreasing profit margins from that product .The production house is quite baffled at such falling sales and is looking for immediate ways to revive the situation. However, the company still enjoys the top position when it comes to the gaming console department with the product enjoying higher sales than that of their competitors. But nonetheless, profits did go down by 16 percent in the division. The … [Read more...]

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Xbox 360 console in sheer limelight: Microsoft in no hurry for Xbox 720

April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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All eyes are set on Microsoft as those who have been following Xbox consoles since the first model are now eagerly waiting for the technology heavyweight to launch the new Xbox 720. But Xbox 360 has always been in sheer limelight and thus Microsoft is in no hurry to launch the new console but still owing to the claims of Sony that they will be overthrowing Xbox with PS4 Console, Microsoft will probably be launching the new console by next year. The rivalry between the two corporations has been … [Read more...]

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Mass Effect 3 selling more on Xbox 360 than PlayStation

April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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It seems that Mass Effect 3 is making its impact more on the Xbox 360 platform than the PlayStation platform as the game has already been selling like hotcakes. There are different versions of the game for both the consoles but the retailers and dealers of the game have been telling that the demand for the Xbox version of the game is much more than that of the PlayStation version. If figures are to be analyzed, then one will know that the selling ratio of the game for the Xbox 360 platform to … [Read more...]

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SSX Review for Xbox 360

April 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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It is known that New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries across the world and has one of the most extravagant and jaw-dropping landscapes which are usually used for shooting of movies. But there are very few games that are based in this majestic country. But there is one game which is ideal for the landscape of New Zealand and that is SSX. New Zealand boasts of lots of mountains covered with snow which is ideal for snowboarding and thus the developers chose New Zealand as the backdrop … [Read more...]

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Xbox promises improved Facebook, Sign-on & sharing schemes

April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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A major update for Xbox 360 is on the verge of being updated by Netflix, which has been making many updates for the leading gaming console for a long time now. Back in December, the developers brought out a big update in which they integrated voice controls and Kinect gestures. That was the last big update of the game and now the newest update promises to be bigger than the last one. This latest application developed by Netflix promises a whole new variety of features with it which are sure … [Read more...]

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16-CORE PROCESSOR WITH XBOX 720

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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On 28th February, 2012, Microsoft had hosted a conference in London where they had given out an official statement about the Xbox 720 following which developers from all across the world started receiving kits from the company in March, 2012. It is being said that the primary reason for calling the conference was that Microsoft wanted a briefing session for its European representatives. There were a few more conferences held across the world and one of them was for the American representatives … [Read more...]

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