Analyst fears video game industry may hit six-year low
NPD Group last week announced that video games sales for the month of April were down 26% and software sales plummeted from $630.4 million to …
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Microsoft launches $99 Xbox 360 bundle
As previously rumored, Microsoft is now offering a subsidized 4GB Xbox 360 gaming console and Kinect for $99 with a monthly subscription option. The bundle …
Microsoft may be readying a subscription-based $99 Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch a subsidized Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle with a monthly subscription option, according to The Verge. The software giant may …
Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailer released [video]
Activision on Tuesday announced the next entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a sequel to one of the …
More than one in five U.S. households have a TV connected to the Internet
Approximately 27 million U.S. households, more than one in five, have either an Internet-ready TV, game console, standalone Blu-ray player, and/or smart set-top box connected …
Crysis 3 gameplay trailer released [video]
Electronic Arts and Crytek last week announced the highly anticipated next installment of the Crysis franchise, Crysis 3, alongside a 19-second teaser trailer. On Tuesday, …
NVIDIA’s mobile GPUs to surpass Xbox 360 performance by 2014
NVIDIA sees its mobile system-on-a-chip graphics solutions surpassing the performance of the Xbox 360 in the coming years. A new graph the company shared with …
Microsoft announces Halo 4, coming this November
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the return of Master Chief and the Halo franchise with the release of “Halo 4” on November 6th. The franchise was …
CryENGINE 3 gives us a glimpse at the future of gaming [video]
Devices like Apple’s iPad have shown the world that huge advances have been made in mobile gaming over the past few years. Featuring the Apple …
Microsoft reportedly plans to bring Kinect to Windows Phone 8
Microsoft’s motion- and voice-based Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs is coming to Windows Phone 8, VR-Zone reported this week. The software …
Sony says PlayStation 4 will launch ahead of next Xbox, report claims
Sony is aiming to launch its next-generation PlayStation video game console ahead of rival Microsoft, a recent report claims. Microsoft’s next Xbox console — which …
Hackers can easily steal credit card info, other data from used Xbox consoles [update]
Using nothing more than a few common tools, hackers can reportedly recover credit card numbers and other personal information from used Xbox 360 consoles even …
Xbox Live update delivers Comcast’s VOD service, HBO Go and MLB.TV
Microsoft has begun to roll out an update for its Xbox Live service that includes new on-demand content from Comcast, along with apps from HBO …
ARM-based Xbox ‘lite’ coming in 2013, Xbox 360 successor later, insider claims
Microsoft had intended to unveil its next-generation Xbox console during the annual E3 conference this year according to a BGR source, but it now looks …
New Sonic game showcases Xbox, Windows Phone integration [video]
Microsoft first discussed its “three screens and a cloud” gaming strategy in 2009, describing a scenario that could carry a single video game across a …
Video game publishers need to embrace different pricing models to survive, Nexon CEO says
Nexon, the free-to-play gaming developer behind the hit game MapleStory, sees the traditional publishing model fading away. As game consoles become more advanced, video game …
The iPad could be the future of gaming
With Friday’s release of the new iPad, Epic Games president Mike Capps has offered a huge amount of praise for Apple’s new tablet in the …
Video game sales continue to slide in February, Xbox still top console
The video game industry continued to struggle in the United States last month as sales slid yet again according to market research firm The NPD …
Nielsen: 56% of U.S. households own a current video game console
Over the last year, the total time spent playing video games increased 7% and purchases of digital content and subscriptions rose 8% according to a …
Xbox 720 will reportedly ditch disc drive
Microsoft’s next-generation video game and home entertainment console may use online downloads and a swappable solid state card port of some kind in place of …
Epic shows us the future of gaming with new Unreal Engine 3 reel [video]
Apple’s unveiling of the new iPad overshadowed plenty of big news on Wednesday, and Epic Games’s unveiling of a brand new Unreal Engine 3 feature …
New gameplay details emerge for Resident Evil 6 [video]
Last month, Capcom announced that the sixth installment of the company’s Resident Evil series would launch for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 20th, …
Video game sales plummet in January, Xbox leads consoles for sixth straight month
Sales of video game hardware and software in the United States plummeted last month according to new data from market research firm The NPD Group. …
Xbox 720 may be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360
The Xbox 720, which BGR exclusively reported will likely be unveiled during E3 this summer, could be six times more powerful than the current generation …
Resident Evil 6 landing on PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 20th [video]
Capcom announced recently that Resident Evil 6 will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 20th, and that a PC version will follow …
Microsoft CES 2012 booth tour
Microsoft had a massive booth at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. It was home to brand new laptops, a huge array of Windows Phone …
Game console owners stream more video content than ever before
New data from Nielsen suggests that console owners are using their Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii game consoles to stream video content more than ever …
Xbox 360 crushes PlayStation 3, Wii in November sales
Sales of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console trounced the competition in November, nearly doubling PlayStation 3 sales and sales of Nintendo’s Wii console. According to November …
Microsoft gets head start on rumored ‘iTV’ with voice controlled TV for Xbox
“A revolution is happening in the living room,” Microsoft proclaimed late Sunday as it unveiled a new update to its Xbox 360 software that enables …
Video game consoles are ‘fundamentally doomed,’ Ultima creator says
Microsoft just sold nearly one million Xbox 360 consoles last week alone, but we’re nearing the end of the road for video game consoles according to …
