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Microsoft EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 63 Erik Estavillo, the agoraphobic Resistance player who keeps attempting to sue Sony for banning his trolling arse, has now decided to try and get some money from Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Hi... Xbox 360 failure rate in UK? 60%, says CNET 110 It's the story that never dies, which is ironic because that's exactly what Xbox 360s keep doing. The old "Red Ring of Death" thing has all but disappeared from the news, but CNET has followed up... Forza 3 gets new DLC packs: Free and not so free 13 Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack. This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of... PSA: Twitter, Facebook, etc. now on Xbox 360 39 It's entirely possible you've already received this update -- Assassin's Creed 2 and/or Left 4 Dead 2 midnight launches and all -- but the Xbox LIVE Update is now... well, live.  The update... Assassin's Creed II clothes available for your 360 Avatar 21 Assassin's Creed II, which ships to stores next week, now has its own Xbox LIVE Marketplace Avatar store. Neato! The store contains 28 items total for both girls and boys, including renaissance m... 10 million Xbox 360s sold in Europe and counting 23 Microsoft has hit the 10 million mark for number of Xbox 360s sold throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The press release announcing the news states that the Xbox 360 is the only consol... TIME names Natal one of the best inventions of 2009 43 TIME Magazine has chosen the 50 best inventions of 2009, and Microsoft's Project Natal -- along side "teleportation" (wait, what the hell?!) -- has made the list.  While the thing isn't even... Project Natal: November 2010, 14 launch games, under £50 39 An asplosion of Project Natal news has hit the Internet today thanks to MCV, shedding launch some details on the Xbox 360's latest attempt to corner the fabled casual market. The beans were spill... Video of Alan Wake demo is shaky, blurry...not on purpose 8 Developer Remedy Entertainment has been showing Alan Wake behind-closed-doors now for awhile. We've seen it a few times, but it's always "no photography, no videotaping, no direct feed." So inst... Microsoft man mocks the idea of Facebook on a game system 44 Eric Neustadter, Xbox Live operations manager, thinks that Facebook connectivity on the DSi is silly. He finds it a pointless idea, considering we have other, better alternatives for staying conn... Check out the tiers of the Xbox LIVE Rewards program 33 As already reported, Microsoft has started its Xbox LIVE Rewards pilot program. But it appears now that the invites are really starting to pour in; we've received multiple reports of people recei... Remedy paranoid about Alan Wake spoilers 19 Alan Wake has all the makings of an incredible plot-driven game, and Remedy knows it. In fact, the studio is so keen on people enjoying Alan Wake's story that it's gone a little paranoid in its d... Rumor: Kameo 2 sh*tcanned by Microsoft 48 Project Natal has claimed its first victim, with the followup to Rare's 2005 adventure game Kameo thrown on the scrapheap to make way for projects involving Microsoft's magical waggle monster. Ac... Microsoft: Xbox 360 has the best games 79 I love these stories. I know full well that this is exactly what Microsoft executives are supposed to say, but it's still hilarious whenever they do say it, as if that's their impartial and genui... Microsoft doesn't think PS3 Netflix is a big deal 90 So, the PlayStation 3 will be getting Netflix, and what's more, it'll be providing the service without Xbox Live's obligatory entry price. Sony will have the edge, since customers will only need ... Microsoft's reasoning for blocking non-MS memory units 53 Chances are you've already heard how the forthcoming Xbox 360 update isn't going to play nicely with "unauthorized storage devices" aka all memory units that aren't licensed by Microsof... Inside Microsoft's first retail store 56 Coinciding with the release of Windows 7, Microsoft has opened their very first Microsoft Store in the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall in Scottsdale, Arizona. People camped out overnight in sixty ... MS does on-demand software printing at retail 42 Microsoft is really making a serious push into retail, as evidenced by what I've seen today at the opening of their first retail store. One of the biggest issues with software sales at retail is ... Xbox's unofficial memory unit lockout dissapoints people 78 Microsoft recently decided it would be fun for the consumer if third party memory units weren't able to work on the Xbox 360, effectively forcing everyone to buy proprietary machines or screw the... Microsoft to launch a rewards program for LIVE sub'ers? 32 Betting that people want cool and exclusive stuff, Microsoft seems to be on the verge of launching a mysterious “pilot rewards program” for LIVE subscribers. According to Kotaku, the ... Video tour: Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm on Xbox 360 28 digg_url = 'http://www.destructoid.com/video-tour-facebook-twitter-last-fm-on-xbox-360-152522.phtml'; Yesterday, Microsoft was kind enough to update my Xbox 360 with a preview of this Novem... Dear 360 owners, don't use unauthorized memory devices 107 Planning to update your 360 as part of the Microsoft Preview Program that is kicking into gear next week so that you can hang out with the cool kids over Twitter and do other awesome stuff that p... Xbox Live getting music game stores, news channels 34 The next Xbox Live update is bringing with it Facebook and Twitter as well as Zune functionality, but according to an email we received from Microsoft regarding next week's preview, there are a f... Greenberg: Xbox 360 will beat PS3 at baseball 37 That's right, folks! Aaron Greenberg, a man employed by Microsoft, has nice things to say in public about Microsoft! How about that for mindblowing? Once again, MS' minister of propaganda is spra... Pachter thinks Project Natal will cost $50 51 While videogame analyst and chocolate avenger Michael Pachter was spreading his opinion-muck on the differences between Natal and the Sony Wiimote, he also predicted a price point for the new tec... Rejoice! Avatar Halloween clothes coming to Xbox Live! 32 When I thought that this year's Halloween might pass without some downloadable clothes for my Avatar, I was so upset that I threw up vomit all over my hands and shirt. I then wailed like Satan's ... There might be AMD chips in your next Xbox 49 The word is that AMD has struck a deal with Microsoft to put their chips in the next Xbox product. In a way, your current Xbox, the Xbox 360, has AMD chips in it, as the company merged with graph... Epic Games is 'psyched' for Project Natal 30 Each day brings us yet another step closer to Microsoft's chilling vision of the future -- a future where we're expected to jump around like spastic mimes in order to play videogames that were on... Project Natal to be priced 'like anything else' 60 Gizmodo posted this tidbit about Project Natal which is so vague that it could mean anything from what we think it means to a prediction that the birds outside my window could at any time transfo... Xbox 360 'N' adapter dated, price at $99.99 by GameStop 69 Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 802.11n adapter has been priced and dated by GameStop -- get it on November 3 for $99.99.  This new, faster wireless adapter won't be r... Alan Wake could have been done long before now 37 Alan Wake is a game that, until this year's E3, could have understandably been considered vaporware. The game's been in development since 2005 and very little was known about it until it's big re... Microsoft: Motion control will 'become the norm' 66 Microsoft's Phil Spencer believes that motion control is destined to be an obligatory part of videogames, eventually becoming as essential as multiplayer. Excuse me while I'm sick into a little b... Brad Wardell on GFWL: 'You can't do that on the PC' 20 In an interview with Shacknews, Stardock's Brad Wardell gave some great insight into why the company has been fighting so heavily for PC gamers' rights, which you should read about. But for the s... Buy the Mako from Mass Effect for your Xbox Live Avatar 29 Over on the Xbox Live Marketplace, a new prop has appeared in the Avatar Store. You are now able to purchase an RC replica of the Mako craft used to cart Commander Shepherd and crew around the su... Peter Molyneux hates demos 49 For many of us, demos are an important part of the consumer process, allowing us to try a videogame out and see if it sucks before we buy it. Sometimes they're misleading and sometimes -- such as... Microsoft goes Xbox 360 bundle crazy this holiday 30 It's not the holidays unless Microsoft decides to toss some Xbox 360 bundles together, is it?  This year, the $299 Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle comes with an Elite console, as wel... Fable II Episode 1 available now as a free download 24 The first episode of Lionhead's Fable II is now available for download on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and is free to all Xbox LIVE (Gold or Silver) users. Confused? This is the Fabl... Microsoft is aware of ODST unreadable disc issues 44 Microsoft has responded to the Halo: ODST disc-reading issues. In a statement given to Eurogamer, the hardware publisher as well as Halo-keeper said that it was aware people were having problems ... Forza devs reckon Xbox 360 is not maxed out yet 37 Everybody knows that the Xbox 360 is less powerful than even the Wii, which is why Final Fantasy XIII will be shipping on eight thousand DVDs. Despite this obvious fact, Forza 3 director Dan Gree... TGS 09: 2GB is the new ceiling for XBLA games 26 When XBLA first launched the size of the games was something that Microsoft was very concerned about. They said that keeping games under 50MB kept with the idea of XBLA being a place where you co... TGS 09: People are waiting 150 minutes to play Halo: ODST 22 The first public day of Tokyo Game Show 2009 has opened, and as expected, it's packed. While we haven't taken an exact head count, we can confirm that at least 15 people showed up. The reason the... TGS 09: Someone get Alan Wake a gun and a flashlight! 16 Live from the Tokyo Game Show we can confirm two things. The first is that long-delayed Alan Wake exists, as developer Remedy was kind enough to show it to us behind-closed-doors group demo sessi... TGS 09: I really want to hate Project Natal 59 Many mango seasons ago, a Japanese company promised a revolution to the gaming populace with a tiny white box and its magical motion-sensing controller. The day finally arrived when the heavens o... TGS 09: Forza 3 Fujimi Kaido downhill drift trailer 10 Yes, that's four downhill hairpins in a row you're looking at. Fresh from the Tokyo Game Show, this new trailer for Forza Motorsport 3 gives us a look at the game's Fujimi Kaido course, which mak... TGS 09: White & green spells Microsoft booth tour 6  Leave it to good old fashion American thinking to design and build a booth that is not only romantically impressive but inviting and welcoming to it's visitors. Microsoft may not have Sony'... TGS 09: Zune Video Marketplace streams 1080p Vin Diesel to your 360 21 Come this fall, say goodbye to the plain old Video Marketplace on your Xbox 360 and say hello to the new Zune Video Marketplace. Microsoft's Director of Digitally Distributed Games Scott Austin g... TGS 09: Forza 1 fan favorite track back for Forza 3 6 At Tokyo Game Show this week, Turn 10 revealed that Forza Motorsport 1 fan-favorite track, the fictional Fujimi Kaido, would be making a return in Forza Motorsport 3. With over 10 miles of track ... TGS 09: Kojima sees applications for Natal beyond games 25 Today, Microsoft brought three of legendary Japanese videogame creators -- Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear), Keiji Inafune (Mega Man), and Toshihiro Naghoshi (Super Monkey Ball, Yazuka) -- into one room... TGS 09: New cars announced for Forza Motorsport 3 11 Celebrating the Japanese drift racing spirit, Microsoft and developer Turn 10 have revealed a set of new Japanese cars available in Forza Motorsport 3 at Tokyo Game Show. Additionally, they annou... TGS 09: Alan Wake has a helicopter in it, confirmed 12 Despite delays, the marketing people at Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft have been pretty good about releasing in-game images of Alan Wake. Tons of oft-delayed titles rarely get this sort of tr... TGS 09: These are the developers working on Project Natal 17 Since we first heard about Microsoft's spiffy new Project Natal motion tech in June, the same time development kits were issued, studios have been hard at work. What have they been working on, yo... TGS 09: Patching older 360 games to work with Natal not possible 16 Back during E3 when Microsoft introduced Project Natal, one of their tech demos was a version of Burnout Paradise fit to work with the motion detecting hardware. For Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft br... Halo 3: ODST gets free Premium Theme for limited time 21 Microsoft is generous ... I mean, if you can call giving away a free picture that costs nothing to make generous, of course. To celebrate the launch of Halo 3: ODST, a free Premium Theme has been... Bethesda: Halo 3: ODST backlash is Microsoft's fault 100 One of the major problems people have of Halo 3: ODST is that its campaign is incredibly short. However, apparently our perception is at fault here, not the game itself. Bethesda's production dir... Buy Xbox 360 Elite, get $50 rebate 49 Microsoft wants your money, but not all of it. Big MS is upping the ante in the price drop battle by offering a $50 rebate to anybody in the United States who purchases an Xbox 360 between now an... 1 vs. 100 downloaded a lot, Xbox Live Arcade a success 15 You might not give much of a crap about 1 vs. 100, but there are three million people out there who do. Microsoft's Xbox Live gameshow has been downloaded three million times in the thirteen week... Microsoft to release a two-tone controller in October 34 Taking a cue from Vicarious Visions and their recent release Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Microsoft is fusing two things together that should never be: the colors red and black (on the flipside, t... Greenberg says MS can counter anything Sony has 109 Sony is getting ready for a bitter fight to reclaim its lost glory, enterting this holiday season with a PS3 price cut, a new PSP and the promise of hot games like Uncharted 2, MAG, and Heavy Rai... This sexy Halo Master Chief bust is very sexy and busty 16 In this life, you're nobody unless you have a ludicrously expensive bust, and Master Chief is far from nobody. One2One Collectibles is working on a new range of 1:2 scale Halo busts, the first of... Want that 250GB 360 HD? Sorry, not sold separately 32 That Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 bundle that got announced late last night looked pretty sweet, to be sure, but even if you aren't into Call of Duty, you may have pricked up your ears at the m... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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