Sometimes, those Modern Warfare sessions really take their toll.
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Webcam programmed to capture your face while playing Xbox: gauges your excitement, graphs ennui
Webcam programmed to capture your face while playing Xbox: gauges your excitement, graphs ennui
April 5, 2012 By
Scientists train Kinect to follow your tongue wagging
April 3, 2012 By
We’ve seen Microsoft’s diverse little Xbox motion controller go on to do a heck of a lot more than the company ever indeed , but up to now, it hasn’t really done much to capture the majesty that is the human tongue .
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Microsoft announces special edition Chrome Series Xbox 360 controllers
April 2, 2012 By
There’s no console to match, but Xbox 360 owners who prefer things a little shinier than your run-of-the-mill controller will soon have a trio of new options to consider courtesy of Microsoft. It’s just announced three new Chrome Series special edition controllers that will be available in “mid-May” for $54.99 apiece. Those come in your choice of blue, red or silver, and each feature the so-called “transforming” D-pad along with everything else you’d expect from a wireless Xbox 360 controller.
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Xbox 360 Comcast, HBO and MLB.tv apps arrive today on consoles used more for video than games
March 27, 2012 By
Microsoft has confirmed via multiple mainstream media outlets that today is the day for several more high-profile video apps to appear on its Xbox 360, namely Comcast Xfinity TV , HBO Go and MLB.tv . There’s not a lot of detail on the apps themselves, although the HBO Go and MLB.tv services are familiar due to their availability on other platforms, while we’ve already heard the Xfinity TV app will mirror the experience and content already seen on the PC.
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Minecraft heads to the Xbox 360 on May 9th, do not adjust your TV sets
March 23, 2012 By
It may not yet be quite the massive cultural phenomenon that Angry Birds is, but Minecraft is certainly no slouch in the ranks of little-games-that-could, and it’s now set to expand its reach even further. Microsoft confirmed today that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be available for download on May 9th, with it setting you back 1600 Microsoft Points (or $20). That will apparently buy you a fairly full-featured version of the game, including a revamped crafting interface, “natural controller movements,” a tutorial mode, and split-screen multiplayer in addition to multiplayer over Xbox Live
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Minecraft heads to the Xbox 360 on May 9th, do not adjust your TV sets
Dragon’s Lair landing on XBLA with Kinect support, lets you act out your princess-saving fantasies
March 22, 2012 By
The 1983 laserdisc classic Dragon’s Lair is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. That much we knew. What has us excited is that it’ll come with a new control scheme, one that relies not on well-timed button mashing, but well-timed body flailing
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Dragon’s Lair landing on XBLA with Kinect support, lets you act out your princess-saving fantasies
Microsoft patent application gives us hope for head-mounted successor to Virtual Boy
March 20, 2012 By
Patent applications are full of hope and broken dreams, as it’s far too easy to let a rampant imagination read beyond the layers of patent-attorney penned boilerplate.
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Microsoft patent application gives us hope for head-mounted successor to Virtual Boy
Microsoft says there will be ‘no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon’
March 16, 2012 By
Sony has already confirmed that we won’t be seeing a next-generation PlayStation at this year’s E3 trade show, and now Microsoft has also come out and dampened any expectations about a new Xbox possibly making its debut.
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HBO GO teases vocal controls via Kinect, coming soon to Xbox 360 (video)
March 15, 2012 By
We knew it’d be arriving on April 1st, but now we’re actually longing for it. HBO has just released a half-minute teaser propping up the impending release of HBO GO on Xbox 360, and while it’s available on a plethora of other platforms, being able to verbally command HBO (through Kinect , of course) to play your favorite shows just takes the enticement up another level
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Former Sony exec Phil Harrison takes over for Peter Molyneux at Microsoft (update: confirmed)
March 13, 2012 By
Phil Harrison , former head of Sony Worldwide Studios and the man that introduced the world to Playstation Home and gave one of the earliest public demos of the PS3, is heading to Microsoft. Harrison, also a former member of the board at Atari, will be stepping into the shoes recently abandoned by gaming legend Peter Molyneux . While his role at Lionhead was filled by the studio’s co-founder Mark Webley, Molyneux’s role as head Microsoft’s European gaming efforts was left vacant while the company searched for the right fit.
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Former Sony exec Phil Harrison takes over for Peter Molyneux at Microsoft (update: confirmed)
