Xbox Live to remain $60/year, purchases to use real money
Your Xbox Live Gold membership will transfer over from your Xbox 360 to Xbox One. And, you won't have to hoard prepaid cards as Microsoft has announced that it has no plans to raise its price. The subscription service will remain $60/year.
READ MORE >Halo: Spartan Assault coming to PC and mobile as Windows 8 app
Halo is coming back to PC... but not in the way you may have wanted.
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see all 90 commentsXbox Live Gold: is it still worth it?
After hundreds of dollars spent on Xbox Live, is it still worth it? What does Microsoft have to do in order to keep people paying year after year?
READ MORE >"My beef with XBL has been MS forcing people wanting to play online or watch movies using their ..."
see all 100 commentsThe LeBrons season two airs exclusively on Xbox on May 10
Microsoft has brought back the web series The LeBrons for a second season on the Xbox 360.
READ MORE >"Sports fans? They're all idiots with shitty standards for entertainment anyway, so..."
see all 8 commentsXbox Live outage prevents users from signing in
Uh-oh. Looks like Xbox Live is down for quite a number of users.
READ MORE >"Eat shit. It wasn't the primary focus but it doesn't belong in the article at all."
see all 39 commentsHalo 3: ODST 'Campaign Edition' gets rid of multiplayer
Microsoft just released Halo 3: ODST "Campaign Edition" on XBLM, nearly four years after the game's original release. The re-release jettisons the game's multiplayer mode.
READ MORE >"The strange thing about this is I think ODST is pretty much at that price any way. Why bother ..."
see all 17 commentsInjustice demo strikes PS3 and Xbox 360 on April 2
The Injustice demo will include three characters and one stage to play through.
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"My rebuttal is Bohemian Rhapsody and London Calling in its entirety."
see all 9 commentsRetail holding back launch day digital Xbox 360 sales, Microsoft says
The Xbox 360 Games on Demand digital distribution service traditionally has lagged behind the PlayStation Store--and even Nintendo's eShop of late--when it comes to day-and-date releases of new titles. It appears that won't be changing anytime soon because of Microsoft's con...
READ MORE >"And what about when the next Xbox ships? Wouldn't you want your digital games (bought in the 360 ..."
see all 10 commentsHalo series kicks off Xbox Games on Demand sale
Xbox Live Games on Demand typically ends up making you pay more than retail price--even during sales--for games which don't need to be pressed, packaged, shipped, or stored, which makes it essentially a costly way of saving shelf space. Microsoft's knocking up to 85% off off...
READ MORE >"They are having issues with the pricing according to Major Nelson, might want to hold off for a bit."
see all 5 commentsMicrosoft opens new studio for Xbox interactive content
Those PlayBoxes in the corner of your living room have been increasingly presented as (or increasingly become, at least) some sort of magical portal to all manner of non-game things, and the next generation will surely be moreso. Microsoft yesterday announced that it's forme...
READ MORE >"It would be great if these features were the selling point of the Gold membership and have ..."
see all 4 commentsCall of Duty: Black Ops 2 most-played Xbox 360 game in 2012
To tie 2012 up all nice with a bow before burying it in the woods out back, Microsoft has revealed the most popular Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Indie Games, and Games for Windows Live titles from that dead year, dead dead dead dead. Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: B...
READ MORE >"minecraft is #4 on that same list with Black Ops 2 #1. mentions that in the article too. is ..."
see all 10 commentsXbox Live Achievements come to iOS via Wordament
Achievements are no longer exclusive to Windows devices. You can finally earn Gamerscore on *shock* an Apple device.
READ MORE >"Yeah GFWL is the same as XBL. Unified achievements list across all of these devices, which is nice."
see all 7 commentsHappy Wars has over 1.2 million players
Microsoft's first foray into free-to-play on Xbox Live has become something of a success. Today, the developer has revealed that Happy Wars has reached over 1.2 million players worldwide.
READ MORE >"I wish there was some kind of criteria for what companies used to define as a player. It'd be ..."
see all 3 commentsMinecraft: The Story of Mojang documentary free on Xbox Live
Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is a feature-length documentary that looks at Persson's rise to fame, and offers a detailed look at his new studio.
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"I've been trying to get it but it keeps giving me an error. not sure why"
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