News Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 3 months ago
New features to be released Nov. 19 for Xbox 360 system Microsoft said Thursday that it would introduce several new features for the Xbox 360 on Nov. 19. In addition to a new interface for the video game console, the company said that gamers would be...
News Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 3 months ago
Microsoft says sales of its Xbox 360 game console are beating projections in Japan, prompting the company to raise its shipment forecast for the country, a stronghold for Sony and Nintendo. Global demand for the Xbox 360 has not been dented by the...
News Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 3 months ago
Microsoft isn’t finished with Halo 3 yet, announcing at yesterday’s Tokyo Games Show that a follow-up game to the phenomenally successful Halo 3 will be released next year. “Bungie’s not done with Halo 3 yet,” said John Schappert, Xbox’s...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| 3 months ago
That is what Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are hoping consumers will do as their gaming divisions head into a likely sluggish holiday season. At an upbeat presentation at the Tokyo Games Show, Sony's games chief, Kazuo Hirai, was bullish on the...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 3 months ago
October 9, 2008 Stage Shows, Luck Ceremonies And DBZ : Inside Namco-Bandai's Press Event Namco Bandai invited the press to its headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo, to give an overview of its Tokyo Game Show lineup -- which revealed only one new game...
News Source: Associated Press
| 3 months ago
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. Both companies announced their services, which use graphic images that represent players called "avatars," Thursday at the Tokyo...
News Source: The Orange County Register
| 3 months ago
Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.
News Source: Venture Beat
| 3 months ago
For the longest time, Microsoft’s Xbox business was both ridiculed and praised as the “Halo” box, after the most popular sci-fi shooting games on its consoles . Violent sci-fi shooters appealed to the company’s hardcore fans who numbered in...