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PC gaming alliance formed?

Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia, AMD and other companies with a vested interested in keeping the PC alive as a gaming platform may be announcing a consortium dubbed the "PC Gaming Alliance."

Feb. 13, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Microsoft confirms Marvel MMO canned

Subscription-based games not making enough money, says Kim

Feb. 12, 2008 Robert Purchese

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Rein: Gears GM change is "normal"

Vice president of Epic Games, Mark Rein, has told Eurogamer that former EA Chicago man Kudo Tsunoda's installation as general manager for Gears of War "is a normal reorganisation at Microsoft"

Feb. 11, 2008 GamesIndustry.biz

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Banjo 3 for holiday 2008?

In a post-D.I.C.E. interview, Microsoft Game Studio head Shane Kim may have inadvertently revealed that the third Banjo Kazooie game will be released this holiday season

Feb. 11, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Yahoo! rejects Microsoft takeover bid

Yahoo has formally rejected Microsoft's USD 44.6 billion takeover bid

Feb. 11, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Netflix drops HD-DVD in favour of Blu-ray

Netflix is phasing out HD-DVD movies in favour of Sony's Blu-ray format, stating that the movie industry has already chosen a winner in the battle of hi-def formats.

Feb. 11, 2008 Matt Martin

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D.I.C.E. 08: Europe will be Xbox 360 battleground, says Kim

Europe will be a battleground for the Xbox 360 Microsoft studios' corporate VP Shane Kim told New York Times reporter Seth Schiesel in a discussion at this year's D.I.C.E. Summit

Feb. 7, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Microsoft confirms new Mass Effect content

Microsoft and Bioware's critically acclaimed role-playing game Mass Effect is to receive its first batch of downloadable content next month.

Feb. 6, 2008 Matt Martin

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Microsoft slashes price of 360 HD-DVD player

Microsoft has slashed USD 50 off the price of the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player in the US, Canada and New Zealand.

Feb. 6, 2008 Matt Martin

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Criterion responds to Burnout HDD issue

Criterion, the developer of Burnout Paradise, has responded to criticism that the Xbox 360 version of the game requires a hard disk drive in order to play online

Feb. 5, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Cheaper Xbox 360 coming to Japan

Microsoft has announced that it will sell a cheaper model Xbox 360 in Japan beginning on March 6

Feb. 4, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Stock Report: Jan 28 - Feb 1

Following the Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut in nine days, US stocks rose at a higher rate than they have in the past five years

Feb. 4, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!

Microsoft Corporation has announced that it has made a proposal to acquire Yahoo! for approximately USD 44.6 billion

Feb. 1, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Handhelds lead hardware sales in Japan

The Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP are leading hardware sales in Japan, although sales for all consoles are down across the region.

Feb. 1, 2008 Matt Martin

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Halo 3 back on top as most played Live title

Halo 3 has returned to the top of the most played list on Xbox Live for the week ended February 21.

Jan. 30, 2008 Matt Martin

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EB Games shoots down rumours of $10 million feud with Microsoft

EB Games has crushed rumours that the retailer is "at war" with Microsoft over AUD 10 million worth of defective home consoles, calling reports "99 per cent bullshit".

Jan. 30, 2008 Matt Martin

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Microsoft claims Xbox 360 has attach rate record

Microsoft's chief financial advisor Chris Liddell has revealed that Xbox 360 owners are purchasing on average seven gamers per unit — a figure he claims is a console record.

Jan. 28, 2008 Matt Martin

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Stock Report: Jan 21 - 25

It was a roller coaster ride for investors this week on Wall Street, but US stocks managed to end the week posting a gain for the first time in 2008

Jan. 28, 2008 Mark Androvich

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EA's Tsunoda joins Microsoft

Former Electronic Arts executive Kudo Tsunoda has left the company to join Microsoft

Jan. 25, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Microsoft announces record $16.37 billion Q2 revenue

Microsoft has announced record Q2 revenue, operating income, and diluted earnings per share, surpassing analyst expectations

Jan. 24, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Call of Duty 4 surpasses Halo 3 as top Live title

In a blog post from Microsoft's Major Nelson, the company revealed that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the most popular game on the Xbox Live service for the week ended January 14

Jan. 22, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Microsoft announces inaugural Xbox Live Arcade awards

Microsoft has announced the inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards

Jan. 21, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Undertow free on XBLA next week

Microsoft has announced that all Xbox Live members worldwide will be able to download Undertow free of charge on January 23

Jan. 18, 2008 Mark Androvich

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Big 3 respond to NPD data

Following the release of the latest NPD sales information for the US market's 2007 performance, all three console manufacturers have released statements highlighting their own achievements.

Jan. 18, 2008 Phil Elliott

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NPD: 2007 US game sales up 43%

The NPD Group has released its US hardware and software sales data for the month of December, bringing the year's total sales to USD 18 billion

Jan. 18, 2008 Mark Androvich