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Capcom’s fighting game Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure HD has vanished from both PSN’s Europe storefront and the Xbox Live Marketplace entirely. Oddly, the game is still available on PSN in North America, but it’s anybody’s guess if it will be there for much longer. The title remains playable to those who …
Read More »Insomniac says digital pre-orders coming to Xbox Live
Xbox One owners will soon be able to pre-order titles via the Xbox Live marketplace. That’s according to Sunset Overdrive developer Insomniac, which in an episode of Sunset TV – as spotted by Joystiq – has said: If you pre-order the game digitally, you will get the Day One Edition …
Read More »Devs are asking for Xbox Early Access program, ID@Xbox boss says
A Steam-style Early Access programme is a common request amongst ID@Xbox developers, the platform holder’s Chris Charla has told Develop. Reports have been bubbling for some time about a similar program for PS4 and Charla told Develop in an interview last week that it’s a talking point at Xbox as …
Read More »Some 360 owners being offered free credit if they buy an Xbox One
Microsoft is dangling an Xbox One shaped carrot in the face of a few select Xbox 360 owners. As spotted by NeoGaf, a promotion seems to have cropped up on the dashboard of a select number of Xbox 360 owners offering $75 worth of free credit if they make the …
Read More »Microsoft offering Xbox Live Gold refunds for entertainment app users
There’s some money on offer for those who subscribed to Xbox Live to use services such as Netflix. Microsoft yesterday confirmed plans to lift the Xbox Live Gold requirement for a number of streaming and entertainment apps. An update to Microsoft’s T&Cs, as spotted by Videogamer, reads: "Once the Xbox …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online and other MMOs still locked behind Xbox Live paywall
Recent changes to Xbox Live have not liberated Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online from its Xbox Live Gold requirement. As part of its Kinect announcement yesterday Microsoft also confirmed rumours that video streaming apps such as Netflix will now be made available to all, regardless of whether they subscribe to …
Read More »An Xbox Live Gold subscription can win you prizes worth $5,000
Microsoft has just kicked off a massive Xbox Live promotion in India, where any Xbox Live Gold subscriber can stand to win a Gold Rush suitcase with goodies worth $5,000. What does the suitcase include? A 100 g gold bar, a Titanfall Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 …
Read More »New Game of Thrones free on Xbox Live this week
Winter is coming, although it seems that it won’t last beyond the weekend. Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners in the US are being offered the chance to watch the first episode of the fourth series of Game of Thrones free of charge. It will be available to all Xbox …
Read More »Minecraft tops UK Xbox Live charts for seventh time in 2014
The Xbox 360 version of Mojang’s Minecraft is once again top of the UK Xbox Live charts. The title has been in the Top Ten every week in 2014 to date, and has been No.1 seven times this year. In second place is 505’s Terraria, which has also been in …
Read More »Naughty Xbox Live users to be punished with Twitch cut-off and reduced matchmaking
Microsoft has outlined the punishments it has in store for players who exhibit disruptive behaviour on Xbox Live. Those who reputation level falls into the ‘needs work’ category will from this month begin receiving reputation warnings”, the purpose of which is to remind players about their effect on the community …
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