March 2015 NPD: PS4 beats Xbox One; Battlefield, Bloodborne lead sluggish March game sales
The industry shrunk in March despite the launch of anticipated new games.
Halo: Spartan Strike launches on iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone — with no microtransactions
343 Industries and Vanguard Games launched top-down shooter Halo: Spartan Strike on multiple platforms today. With 343 Industries being a Microsoft subsidiary, of course Microsoft’s platforms are supported, including Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft heeds environmentalists’ criticism, improves Xbox One’s power options
Microsoft is listening, and it is willing to make changes.
Xbox Live is down on Xbox 360 (update: not anymore)
You may run into some problems playing games on Xbox 360 this afternoon.
Zynga’s head of game studios quietly left before CEO change from Mattrick to Pincus
Former Xbox Live exec left in March. Two new data experts have also joined Zynga.
Microsoft slashes one-year of Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype Unlimited to $149
Microsoft's subscription deal just got even better.
Halo 5’s ads have fans gabbing — the No. 2 most talked about ad campaign online
Microsoft's Halo 5 ad campaign was the second most successful ad creating online social actions on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google.
Microsoft stops producing Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, will focus on Kinect for Xbox One and Windows apps
Microsoft stopped producing the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor today after phasing out the original sensor not long ago. The company emphasized, however, that this does not mean it will stop supporting developers who want to build Windows apps that use the device.
Otoy aims to enable developers to create cool VR imagery
Jules Urbach likes pretty pictures. The chief executive of cloud graphics startup Otoy likes them so much that he has dedicated his career to getting better and better 3D animated images in front of consumers. And right now, that means better virtual reality imagery.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare owners on Xbox One are once again having issues downloading content
Xbox One and Call of Duty continue to cause purchasing problems for gamers.