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Microsoft has called on third-party publishers to set up offices in the Middle East – in order for the industry to combat piracy in the region more effectively. The firm’s Xbox 360 has begun to see growth in the territory, but its success has been stunted in the region by …
Read More »100k vote in mock-Xbox election
Microsoft has announced that its recent trial that saw Xbox 360 users participate in a mock election via Xbox Live saw nearly 100,000 gamers participate – with Democratic candidate Barack Obama winning a landslide victory. The experiment, which has been running since August 25th, allowed gamers to vote via their …
Read More »‘We thought we were immune to shut-down,’ says Ensemble
Studio's Bruce Shelley offers inside view on closure of a Microsoft Game Studios' internal team
Read More »Xbox 360 hits 6m in Europe
Microsoft has boasted of ‘strong momentum’ following last week’s UK price cuts – and announced that it has broken the six million sales mark in Europe. The platform holder brought the entry-level SRP for the Arcade console down to 129.99 on Friday, with the standard 60GB 360 priced at 169.99 …
Read More »That sound you hear? It’s Peter Moore backpedalling
EA Sports boss and former Xbox chief says Rare actually has lots of 'flair and creativity'
Read More »Peter Moore: Rare is not applicable in todays market
Aside from his intriguing insights into both the demise of the Dreamcast and original Xbox , in the third part of his interview with The Guardian former Xbox and Sega hardware boss Peter Moore has stated that UK developer Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft, is not in touch …
Read More »Games trio praised by gay rights group
A new report entitled the 2009 Corporate Equity Index, compiled by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, has praised three of gaming’s most high-profile companies for their treatment of gay, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. GamePolitics reports that EA, Microsoft and retailer GameStop were amongst the many companies scoring …
Read More »UK Xbox price cuts confirmed
UK consumers will be able to pick up an Xbox 360 console from just 129.99 after Microsoft confirmed its latest round of price cuts this morning. From Friday September 19th Microsoft’s console line-up will be tweaked to offer the entry-level Arcade SKU at 129.99, standard console with 60GB hard drive …
Read More »US: Microsoft hails 600 per cent 360 Arcade sales hike
Microsoft is understandably delighted by its August sales victory over Sony’s PS3 , and has highlighted the massive surge in Xbox 360 hardware sales in early September in its response to NPD’s August US sales figures. Having been crowned the victor in its battle of Sony in August, Microsoft immediately …
Read More »US: Sony highlights huge year-on-year sales growth
Despite losing out to Xbox 360 in the August US hardware battle , Sony has concentrated on the many positives the firm can enjoy in its response to the latest NPD stats. PS3 shifted 185,353 units in the US throughout August, with sales so far in 2008 hitting two million …
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