by temi | Oct 21, 2006 | X-Box
Gamers are bitching and “the message is being heard.” Lumines Live has turned into a marketing disaster for Microsoft. We knew the game was a testing ground for the microtransactions movement, but when the company’s own employees are admitting they...
by temi | Oct 21, 2006 | X-Box
You can’t just walk into a Best Buy and buy ’em. Good news: Nintendo’s confirmed component cables enabling 480p output will in fact be available at Wii’s launch. Bad news: much like the PS3, the privelege of playing in glorious widescreen is...
by temi | Oct 19, 2006 | X-Box
Epic Games’ sci-fi shooter meets same sales-limiting fate as Dead Rising; country’s ratings board refuses classification. Back in July, German zombie-haters were stymied in their quest to slay the undead when the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK)...
by temi | Oct 19, 2006 | X-Box
Online service for Microsoft’s consoles reaches new milestone; population expected to grow to 6 million by mid-2007. Next month won’t just ring in the one-year anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, it will also be the four-year anniversary of Xbox...
by temi | Oct 18, 2006 | X-Box
No exclusivity confirmed, Nov. 21date targeted. Bethesda Softworks indicated the additional content being worked into the PlayStation 3 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the hardware launch in November would not remain exclusive to Sony, and this...
by temi | Oct 17, 2006 | X-Box
What we heard: Given the amount of hype that is going into the launch of the Xbox 360 game Gears of War, it would seem that pumping out a demo would be a priority for Microsoft Game Studios. The marketing team behind the game has already held public events for common...