Tag Archives: Microsoft

E3 Thoughts: Microsoft’s Press Conference

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Andrew Edwards

Microsoft led off Monday’s rush of pre-E3 press conferences and observers may be forgiven if they got the idea that Microsoft forgot the XBox 360 is a video game console. Sure, Microsoft opened their presentation with new Halo 4 footage, … Continue reading →

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E3 Video: Xbox SmartGlass

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Reggie Carolipio

CNet has captured Microsoft’s “SmartGlass” portion of their press conference earlier today at E3. In a nutshell, Microsoft wants to extend the Xbox connectivity to your smart phone or tablet and it doesn’t look half bad.

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E3 Video: Halo 4 gameplay footage

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Andrew Edwards

Here’s the Halo 4 gameplay video Microsoft showed at the opening of the company’s pre-E3 show:

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Happy 10th Anniversary Xbox!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox, the console that launched a revolution and raised the stakes in the ongoing war between the gaming giants. To many, most especially its biggest fans, the Xbox brand has proven to be … Continue reading →

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E3: Microsoft press briefing

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Microsoft started the day off with their press briefing on what you can expect from them in the coming year. And thanks to the miracle of streaming, everyone could catch it from any number of online channels. There was plenty … Continue reading →

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Report: Microsoft to cease production of Zune

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Microsoft is expected to stop producing its Zune MP3 player, although the software is expected to live on in smartphones running Windows operating systems, Bloomberg News reported. Zune, introduced in 2006, never managed to break the iPod’s grip on the … Continue reading →

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Candid Kinect

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Kinect came out yesterday amidst much hoopla and joy for those that managed to snag one. If you haven’t heard of what it is, it’s the motion sensing accessory for the Xbox 360 that essentially follows your body to do … Continue reading →

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Review: Fable III (Xbox 360)

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Steve Jobs isn’t the only person equipped with a reality distortion field. Peter Molyneux’s evangelism of the first Fable touted it as a revolutionary step forward for RPGs. It was a bold claim, but when it came from the man … Continue reading →

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A New Experience on your Xbox

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Have you logged into Xbox Live today? If you did, you would have gotten the update to the dashboard which changes how it looks and likely gets it ready for Kinect’s big retail debut this week. But there are a … Continue reading →

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Review: Halo Reach

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Everyone might know how many of the battles in WW2 ended, but that didn’t matter to gamers seeing it through the lens of countless RTS titles re-enacting famous confrontations to the glut of first-person shooters taking them to the beaches … Continue reading →

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