Microsoft's annual European event, called X07 this year, has been cancelled according to Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.
Peter Moore has said there is no connection between his departure from Microsoft and the recent announcement that the company is to spend USD 1 billion on Xbox 360 repairs.
European retailers HMV, Play and GAME have begun taking pre-orders for Xbox 360 Elite, pricing the console at GBP 329.99 - despite the fact Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement.
A new survey from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain claims that 1.01 million PlayStation 3s have been sold in Japan since the console launched there on November 11.
Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Jack Tretton has said he's confident the company will continue to have a good relationship with EA Sports now Peter Moore is to head up the division.
According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Electronic Arts will be paying Peter Moore USD 1,500,000 in recognition of the compensation value he would be foregoing by leaving Microsoft.
Microsoft's Peter Moore has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that he doesn't consider Sony's recent PS3 discount a price cut at all, rather added value for the same price.
Peter Moore has unveiled a new Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 at the company's pre-E3 conference, backed with a plethora of new software announcements.
Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox 360 Elite will launch in Europe and Canada August 24, with the Video Marketplace service also due by the end of the year.
Following Sony's USD 100 price cut announcement, leading industry analyst Michael Pachter has gone on record predicting that Microsoft will quickly follow its rivals' lead and slash prices on all Xbox 360 models.
In a conference call, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell indicated that the company failed to reach its Xbox 360 shipment target of 12 million units by June 30th.
Microsoft has announced plans to launch Xbox 360 Elite in Japan later this year - despite the fact that sales of the original model are lagging behind in the region.
Although Microsoft is still declining to reveal revenue figures for the Xbox Live Marketplace service, the company has said that it is growing by double digits each month.