Categories Posted inin Business How super-indie Supergiant Games is following the success of Bastion with Transistor (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2014 5 min Supergiant Games was born in a house in San Jose. Now it is leveling up. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft and BesTV to launch Xbox One in China this September Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 30, 2014 3 min Deal with Chinese firm breaks decades-old ban on game consoles in China. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out for Xbox One today despite reports it would skip Microsoft’s console Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min Activision stopped taking preorders for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox One due to unspecified issues. It has apparently worked those out. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business See how Microsoft is going Hollywood with Xbox Entertainment Studios Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2014 13 min We sit down with two key executives at Xbox Entertainment Studios to discuss Microsoft's plan for their upcoming TV initiative. Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Microsoft goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox Live Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2014 7 min The 10 different shows include the Halo TV series and more. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft is taking Halo beyond gaming with two television projects Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2014 3 min Xbox Entertainment Studios chief Nancy Tellem confirms that two major Halo TV projects are in the works. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition saves will transfer to Xbox One Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 25, 2014 1 min The new-gen version of Minecraft is due out this year, and Microsoft is working with Mojang to make the transition as painless as possible. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business In first quarter, Microsoft ships 2M consoles — including 1.2M Xbox Ones Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2014 1 min Microsoft said today that it shipped more than 2 million video game consoles in its third fiscal quarter ended March 31 — and 1.2 million... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Big Zynga shakeup leaves founder Mark Pincus out of day-to-day operations Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 23, 2014 2 min Former Microsoft Xbox Live veteran Alex Garden will run Zynga's game studios. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox One to take on PS4 in its home country of Japan on Sept. 4 Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 23, 2014 2 min Japan is the first of a number of new regions to get an official Xbox One release date. Continue Reading 2 min