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Ex-BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson has joined Microsoft Studios in the role of creative director. Hudson has begun work at Microsoft’s offices in Redmond, Washington, where he’ll focus on development of games and experience for the firm’s HoloLens headset. The industry vet spent over a decade and half overseeing the …
Read More »Microsoft also promoting Xbox One Witcher 3 hardware bundle, £299.99 exclusively at GAME
Sony isn’t the only platform holder pushing a Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hardware bundle on its social media channels. Microsoft has also entered the fray yesterday, taking to Twitter to promote a deal (below) on an Xbox One, The Witcher 3 and indie title Ori and the Blind Forest for …
Read More »Candy Crush Saga will be pre-installed on Windows 10
Microsoft has via its blog announced that Windows 10 will as part of its installation include a copy of King’s highly successful Candy Crush Saga. Solitaire. Hearts. Minesweeper. These are games that have been played millions of times over the years in Windows. And they are coming back in Windows …
Read More »Gears of War leakers face Xbox Live ban
UPDATE: To be clear, if a console is suspended from Xbox Live for a violation of the Terms of Use, it can still be used offline," a Microsoft spokesperson told MCV, denying that any consoles had been ‘bricked’ remotely. "Microsoft enforcement action does not result in a console becoming unusable. …
Read More »ID@Xbox comes of age
Right now, most major publishers are chasing the booming indie market and Microsoft is no different with its ID@Xbox programme. The firm is coming off a busy few months. Earlier this year at GDC it announced that it was planning on having games from the scheme appear on both Xbox …
Read More »Master Chief Collection "a black eye for us," says Halo franchise director
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has turned into a black eye for all those involved with the FPS series, according to Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor. In an interview with Xbox Achievements, O’Connor explained the difficulty of developing a product with the complexity of Master Chief Collection. Halo: The Master …
Read More »Oculus has spoken to Sony and Microsoft about Rift for consoles
Could Oculus Rift be compatible with PS4 and Xbox One? Perhaps the possibility shouldn’t be ruled out, if comments from Oculus VR vice president Nate Mitchell are to be believed. GameSpot reports that Mitchell told the TechCrunch Disrupt conference that the company had spoke to both Sony and Microsoft about …
Read More »Riccitiello: Sony f***ing nailed it and deserves the victory
Former EA boss and current Unity CEO John Riccitiello has said that Sony’s focus on appealing to core gamers is the key to PS4’s continuing success. That’s one of the more – in my opinion – depressing stories in the last couple of years,” Riccitiello told an audience at the …
Read More »TV DVR support heading to Xbox One this year – report
Xbox One users will be able to DVR television shows later this year, according to a new report. Tech blogger Paul Thurrott originally reported that his sources confirmed Microsoft would offer a replacement for Windows Media Center on Windows 10 that would include a new playback feature. Windows Media Center …
Read More »EA estimates 22m PS4 and Xbox One sales in 2015
EA anticipates 22m Xbox One and PS4 consoles will be sold during 2015. To date, thePS4 has sold 22.3m unitsworldwide, with2m of those sales in the UK. As of November 2014, Microsoft announced it had shipped 10m Xbox One consoles globally. According to EA, 27 million new-gen consoles had been …
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