CEO Steve Ballmer to retire from Microsoft
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that he plans to retire from the company.
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Multiplayer focused Fable Legends announced, blends hack & slash with tower defense
The only Fable game that I’ve ever really liked was Fable 2, as I’ve been thoroughly disappointed with every other game in the series — there were some neat ideas in those games, but I often felt like the execution fell flat. Despite that, the newly …
Ryse getting co-op mode, updated combat system
Microsoft’s shallow but pretty Ryse: Son of Rome has changed a bit since it was officially revealed earlier this summer at E3: the game now features a co-op “Gladiator” mode and a revised combat system designed to address criticisms that the game was made entirely of …
Microsoft announces Xbox One’s line-up of launch titles
Microsoft still isn’t ready to announce a final launch date for the Xbox One, but they were willing to tell everybody what games we can expect to pick up alongside the system when it does launch this Fall.
Games for Windows Live service to be discontinued by next year
Games for Windows Live, Microsoft’s attempt at creating an Xbox Live-esque network for PC games, will finally be put out of its misery next summer.
Xbox One now comes with a chat headset, 4k HDMI cable
Perhaps hoping to allay criticisms that their latest console is a bit overpriced, Microsoft announced today that the Xbox One will come with a handful of neat bonuses to justify its $500 price.
June NPD: The Last of Us dominates, 3DS continues to surge, Ouya sales cool off
The NPD’s for June are out, and things have turned out pretty much the way that most people expected them to: The Last of Us has ridden the wave of nearly unanimous critical acclaim all the way to the bank, the 3DS continues to prove that …
Forza 5 will feature mandatory, day one DLC
Forza Motorsport 5 will require players to connect to Xbox Live and download an extra content update on day one, developer Turn 10 Studios announced today.
Reddit AMA Offers Inisght into Xbox One Developer Culture
Reddit AMAs are becoming the new thing all the cool kids are doing when it comes to touching base with the community. Over the weekend, an anonymous Xbox One developer opened the floor to answer questions about the Xbox One’s hardware, policies, and offer a behind-the-scenes …
Xbox Live Rewards Program is About to Get ‘Even Better’
With all the changes Microsoft is making to the Xbox Live service, including the phasing out of Microsoft Points as currency, some folks have been wondering how the latest update would affect the Xbox Live Rewards program. Well, ask and ye shall receive folks, because the …
Microsoft Rep: Inflated Game Pricing an ‘Unintended Error”
Good news for UK folks who are a part of the latest Xbox Dashboard beta: Turns out the issue of converting points into real-money values that resulted in marketplace price hikes of up to 30% was just a bug, a Microsoft Rep confirmed with CVG. “We …
Xbox Live Prices Increasing Without Microsoft Points
Microsoft announced a while back they’d finally be doing away with Microsoft Points, a service that many critics and gamers alike have touted as being an unnecessary extra step between them and the games they wish to purchase. Now, with the new Xbox Dashboard Beta rolling …
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