Xbox 360 News

Filter by Game name

ALL A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9

View as:
List
Thumbnail
Blog
RSS

« Prev
1
...
7
8
9
10
11
...
88
Next »

Sort by:

Mar 4, 2008

Sony readies 360 Video Marketplace rival

360 News | Xbox 360

Sony plans to take on 360's Video Markteplace with a new video store for PS3. It's even been showing off the new store to retailers and publishers. The new video store was reportedly presented to publishers and retailers at the same conference from which the Metal Gear Solid 4 release date and bundle announcements came from last week. It's said to resemble the SingStore, where owners of SingStar go to download new songs. Only Sony-owned ...
» Read More

Mar 3, 2008

"38% of gamers are female"

360 News | Xbox 360

Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ...
» Read More

Feb 29, 2008

Eidos parent SCi axing 14 projects - Pivotal too?

360 News | Xbox 360

In an alarming move by Eidos parent comapny SCi, 14 projects are to be axed to balance against the £81.4 million ($162 million) loss the company has accrued. This may or may not spell doom for other SCi-owned developers; Eidos has declined to comment on rumors that Conflict: Denied Ops dev Pivotal Games will be sold off or closed down as a result of SCi's decision.Here's the original story on the SCi move from our pals ...
» Read More

Feb 26, 2008

Microsoft halves 360 HD-DVD price

360 News | Xbox 360

Following Toshiba's decision to pull out of the HD-DVD playing market, and news that Microsoft will stop producing its own HD player, the Xbox company has slashed the price of the console player by more than half in the US. North Americans fancying to get as much life as possible out of the failed disc format can pick up the 360 HD-DVD player now for $49 - that's just under 25 quid! "From tomorrow, we will cut the price to $49 and will not make ...
» Read More

Feb 25, 2008

Microsoft drops HD DVD player

360 News | Xbox 360

Following Toshiba's decision to pull out of the HD DVD playing market, Microsoft was left with no choice but to follow suit. The company has released the following statement, confirming what everybody thought would be the case: "As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to ...
» Read More

Feb 22, 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

360 News | Xbox 360

In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ...
» Read More

Feb 22, 2008

Every major Hollywood studio backing Blu-ray

360 News | Xbox 360

Only a day or two after Toshiba took HD-DVD off the life support machine, all the majors joined the Blu-ray revolution.Paramount told The Hollywood Reporter: "We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer."As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."Everybody else is ...
» Read More

Feb 22, 2008

Phil Harrison "pissed off" by Sony Japan

360 News | Xbox 360

During what Next Generation calls the best session of GDC, some of the industry's biggest cone heads came together to talk about games and the future. Crowd-pulling names like Phil Harrison (Sony), Peter Molyneux (Lionhead) and David Perry (Acclaim) piled into a posh hotel room, along with a handful of press. One of the more interesting nuggets to come from the meet involved Phil Harrison talking about his constant battle to get social ...
» Read More

Feb 21, 2008

Riddick developer to reinvent EA classic

360 News | Xbox 360

EA has struck a deal with Chronicles of Riddick developer, Starbreeze Studios, to bring back a classic EA franchise. The internal code name is Project RedLime and it's in the works for PS3, 360 and PC. All that pretty much confirms the game as being an action title of some description. Johan Kristiansson, CEO of Starbreeze, said, "We're already deep in development on Project RedLime and the team at EA is giving us the time we need to perfect our ...
» Read More

Feb 21, 2008

User-created games now on Xbox 360!

360 News | Xbox 360

Big news for Xbox 360 owners; Microsoft has launched Xbox Live Community Games which allows users to upload their own homemade games for download on Xbox Live. According to Microsoft Game Developer Group General Manager (yikes, what a title) Chris Satchell, free trials of these community created games should be available on Xbox Live "immediately," though we can't see them on our consoles yet. "Now, 10 million people on Xbox Live get to ...
» Read More