Games for Windows Live marketplace being retired.
The client will still remain active in games, but digital games can no longer be bought on Xbox.com, and whether or not DLC remains available is up to individual publishers. Still no word what the next generation of Xbox Live will bring to Windows 8. Xbox Support
Microsoft’s First Chip Brings Tank-Finding Design to Xbox
The new chips use a technology known as ‘Time of Flight’ which can track small changes like finger movements or even facial expressions. Time of Flight works by bouncing photons off a person or object, and has been used by military agencies for tasks like detecting a tank hiding behind tree cover, Bamji said. Texas Instruments Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG are also developing chips using Time of Flight. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?Bloomberg
Xbox Community Level
Members participate in Xbox Community Ambassadors or the Enforcement United beta, and on the backend, we track your participation, calculate your XP, and award loot to your Gamertag as you level up. There’s no need to opt in to earn rewards, submit your activity, or create a new profile. We’ll take care of the heavy lifting. Looks like leveling your gamertag was successful enough for Valve/Steam that Microsoft is jumping on the bandwagon too. I wonder how long until they add trading cards t
"Every Xbox One Can Be Used To Make Games"
Anyone will now be able to develop on the Xbox One, similar to Playstation 4. Microsoft: Every Xbox One Can Be Used To Make Games [UPDATE]Every single Xbox One can be used to make games, Microsoft says—in other words, you can use the next-gen console as your very own development kit.KotakuThe A.V. Club
Heartbroken MS employee
A suposed Microsoft employee explains that they didnt do a good enough job explaining the new console. Heartbroken MS employee - Pastebin.comPastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.Pastebin
Microsoft Is Removing Xbox One DRM
Always on DRM is being removed, with the One only requiring a connection once to set the console up. Their used game/borrowing policy has also shifted to mimic Sony’s. The official statement from Don Mattrick: Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One. Your Feedback
Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013
Starting August 7th. Titles include: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Flashback, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and ending with Charlie Murder. Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013 begins August 7Microsoft's annual Xbox Live Summer of Arcade returns on August 7, with four new titles on the Xbox Live Arcade platform. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is the first of three...PolygonChristopher Grant
Thoughts on the Xbox One, Part II
Continuing from my last post about the Xbox One reveal, I wanted to talk a little more about what happened yesterday at the Microsoft E3 press conference. More specifically, what didn’t happen. Originally I gave Microsoft the benefit of the doubt when they raised a number of suspicious red flags. Always On DRM? How will used games be handled? Why does the Kinect sensor need to always be on and watching me? Given that the Xbox announcement was only two weeks away from E3, naturally I assumed t
Russian Hacker Ports Xbox 360 Game to PC
The developer’s response: I’m kind of livid myself, I just see him as the overly-entitled gamer saying ‘I deserve this because I want it!’ I was saying earlier on Twitter ‘Halo: Spartan Assault only on Windows 8 devices! That Russian guy should port it FOR GREAT JUSTICE!’ Like James though, he’s going to do what he’s going to do and it’s kind of impressive but trying to justify it morally really irks me. For great justice, indeed. Hacker Ports Xbox 360 Game to PC, Calls It ‘Justice’Some
Survey Says Only 50% Users Willing to Pay for Xbox Live
In an informal survey by Kotaku, out of 400 replies, roughly half say they won't tolerate an online fee for Xbox One. Anytime anyone ever says they wont tolerate a bad service or will boycott it, I’m reminded of this gem. Survey: Half of You Won’t Tolerate Any Online Requirement for Xbox OneJust over half of the more than 400 respondents to an informal Kotaku survey about the Xbox One say they will not accept an online requirement for single-player gaming.KotakuThe A.V. Club
Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
Today’s quote of the day comes from Don Mattrick, head of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business: If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards Microsoft and Sony Diverge on Gaming ‘Cloud’Microsoft and Sony have taken diverging approaches in their expanding war for the hearts and minds of gamers. Yes, their next-generation consoles both offer high-fidelity games, and they can both play music and movies. But the rest is rather different.The Wall Street JournalIan Sherr
Indie developers cannot self-publish on Xbox One
Not a big surprise. I could see them mimicking Steam Greenlight to get more the popular indie titles on the service though. Xbox One won’t allow indies to self-publish gamesIndependent developers cannot self-publish their own games on Xbox Live Arcade. That policy isn’t changing with Xbox One.ShacknewsAndrew Yoon
Wired: Exclusive First Look at Xbox One
Peter Rubin: We have no idea what the videogame landscape will look like seven years from now, just as we had no idea in 2005 how foundationally streaming and smartphones would change everything. The very concept of any physical media box may well be obsolete within a decade. But even if this is the last true console we ever see, one thing is for sure: Gaming isn’t just games anymore. Original source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one Exclusive First Look at Xbox One | G
Thoughts on the Xbox One
Most people I know that own an Xbox 360 use it to watch Netflix. Most of the people I know that own a Playstation 3 use it primarily as a Blue-Ray player. Sure, they bought games too, but they really dont play them. Attempting to call the Xbox One an entertainment system that just so happens to play games, is a brilliant move by Microsoft. After the conference ended, Reddit was quick to complain they wanted a new console, not a TV remote. The fact being overlooked is you still are getti
Even the WSJ is Making Xbox Predictions
Mostly fluff, but there is something to be said about a publication like WSJ covering the Xbox. It’s a little astounding how far video games have progressed for a new console release to be covered by mainstream culture. Source: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323398204578489710767303392-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwOTExNDkyWj.html
