Tea leaf hides money in Xbox
A man grown (sort of) rich chipping consoles and flogging PSP memory cards has been collared by trading standards, who found £12,000 in cash stuffed in an Xbox and three PS2s. “I’ve heard it all now,”...
View Article“Xbox dad” awaits verdict in infant death case
An American man is now facing a jury’s verdict after being tried for stamping on his infant daughter’s head after she tugged “at the cord on his Xbox’s controller, knocking it over.” Anwar Salahuddin,...
View Article“Xbox dad” convicted of murdering daughter
A Philadelphia man, Anwar Salahuddin, has been convicted of murdering his 17 month-old daughter after she pulled over his “Xbox console”. He was found guilty of third-degree murder and endangering a...
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Wii moving to break PS2’s record, PS3 trailing like GameCube
VentureBeat has taken a long, hard look at the numbers and rendered a verdict. The site’s startling discovery: Wii is to PS2 as PS3 is to GameCube. According to NPD data (U.S. only), Nintendo’s bid...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s IllumiRoom concept “sits on a coffee table” and could be used...
Reports suggest Microsoft’s IllumiRoom could be part of the next Xbox’s setup. The exciting concept, which uses Kinect and a standard projector to combine virtual and physical worlds, was revealed back...
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Fable Anniversary: “initially we wanted to remake the whole thing”
Ten-year Fable veteran Ted Timmins discusses the acorn that grows into an oak tree, “rubbish” quests, why Fable Anniversary will never score a 10, and stepping out from Molyneux’s shadow. “I know the...
View ArticlePhil Spencer named new head of Xbox division
Microsoft has announced that Phil Spencer is going to take over as head of its Xbox division. The firm’s CEO Satya Nadella announced the news earlier this morning in an internal email to employees. “I...
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Bigby and The Wolf Among Us is coming to a store near you
The Wolf Among Us has long since been released via digital sales, but Telltale has yet to give official word on boxed copies of the game. Retailers such as Best Buy, GameStop, and GameFly have listings...
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Four men arrested for smuggling cocaine inside original Xbox consoles
File this under news you don’t hear about every day. Four men out of Reading, PA were arrested after supposedly having smuggled thousands of grams’ worth of cocaine inside of Xbox consoles. Not the...
View ArticleXbox One screenshot capture teased by Microsoft boss
Microsoft boss Phil Spencer has teased a beta image of screenshot capture on the Xbox One. The big cheese pumped the image out on Twitter over the weekend. Check it out. Nice to finally be doing this...
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E3 2015: Xbox One is at its strongest since it was first revealed
Back from the brink: Microsoft finally delivers the games, services and deals Xbox One fans have been crying out for. “It was the Xbox 360 that made a welcome return at E3 this year, at least in...
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Xbox One launch problems “predictable and preventable,” says former boss
Original Xbox boss Robbie Bach has said that the criticisms levelled at the Xbox One before launch were “predictable and preventable”. Original Xbox boss Robbie Bach has said that the pre-launch...
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The “next generation will be a whole new game,” says original Xbox boss
Robbie Bach, original Xbox boss, has said that there will be another console generation after this one, but it’s not likely to make use of physical media. Bach said that the lines between a home...
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The Xbox One Elite controller is coming October 27
The new Xbox One Elite controller is due on October 27, according to Microsoft’s online store. That’s the same date as Halo 5: Guardians, which makes a lot of sense. The controller, which is priced at...
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Xbox head Phil Spencer doesn’t believe in talking down his competitors
Phil Spencer, talking about the Xbox brand, believes that his job “isn’t really to keep you from buying something else”. Speaking to Gamespot (largely about Halo, which we’ve covered here), Spencer...
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Xbox.com update lets you listen to voice messages in your browser
Sorting through your Xbox messages just got a bit easier. An update to Xbox.com has added two new features, according to Major Nelson’s blog. The first feature lets you listen to voice messages through...
View ArticleXbox One boss reiterates he’d like to see original Xbox game support, 360...
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has reiterated that it would be “great” for original Xbox games to be backward compatibility on Xbox One. Speaking with Gizmodo Brazil (thanks, PCgamesN), Spencer said that while...
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Microsoft expects “tens of millions” of 360 fans to migrate to Xbox One
Microsoft is anticipating a whole new wave of gamers to pick up the Xbox One, prompted by services like backwards compatibility. With the launch of backwards compatibility on November 12, Microsoft is...
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New Xbox One Experience? Same old clutter
Xbox One’s big changes aren’t big enough. “We move from the land of clutter to the land of slightly better-presented clutter. If the 360’s New Xbox Experience was a triumphant re-invention, this is...
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Would you sell back your Xbox digital games for 10% of the purchase price?
Microsoft wants to know. Microsoft is asking console owners if they would sell back their digital games to receive 10 percent of the original price as store credit. A new survey proposes the deal,...
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