Microsoft have confirmed today that their chat system will see a major overhaul when Microsoft updates the dashboard in anticipation of Kinect this Fall. The refresh, will come sometime before the launch of Kinect, which is pencilled in for a November launch. It will see an upgrade of the codec and audio infrastructure that underpins [...]

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There’s good news today from Microsoft regarding Xbox Live’s arrival on the Window Phone 7’s OS. It has been revealed that the rather unpopular points system used to buy games and other products on the Xbox 360’s Live marketplace is not being used when buying games on the Smartphone’s own marketplace. Instead, you will be [...]

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Microsoft have lifted the lid on the Kinect European launch date today, and confirmed Kinect will be available throughout all European territories on 10th November. But they have still failed to decide on the official price – are they planning to sell cheaper than the £129.99 predicted price point? Probably not. But why they can’t [...]

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Microsoft have announced the latest revenue figures for their ever-impressive Xbox Live Service and they have confirmed that it generates over 1 billion dollars each year. There are 25 million active gold members on the service at the moment, which accounts for $600million in subscription fees, but this is only half of the money it [...]

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Microsoft has placed a ban on up to 1 million Xbox 360 consoles from the popular Xbox Live service. Affected gamers will need to buy a new console if they want to play online again. The consoles were banned after owners modified their Xbox 360s to be able to play pirated games. Banned consoles displayed [...]

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Let me start by saying that this is basically a rumour, and no-one seems to know how verifiable it is, but there’re a couple of people out there pretty sure that this is legit. And if not, then count this as a concept gadget!

Ok, so the story is that Microsoft are developing a portable gaming device which should be a cross between the XBox 360 and the Zune music player…

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March 24th saw the launch of a new online video game distribution network – OnLive – at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. OnLive promises instant access to the most advanced, high-quality games in the world. Big promise! Some say it could very well provide competition for the likes of Playstation, Xbox and the [...]

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