Review: Kinect Sports Season 2 feels like a fumble at the goal line
When it was released alongside the Kinect last November, Kinect Sports was one of those easy purchases for a good majority of the peripheral’s...
U.S. console video games (finally) grow 1 percent in October
U.S. retail video game sales finally showed some life in October, when sales grew 1 percent from a year ago, according to market researcher...
Microsoft shifts online veteran to run Xbox marketing
Microsoft online business veteran Yusuf Mehdi will become head of marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Division that includes the Xbox game division, the company...
Xbox.com adds new Metro-style social and video sections
Microsoft is adding new social and video interface designs to its Xbox.com dashboard, which mimics the company’s upcoming metro-style UI available in Windows 8. The...
Review: Forza Motorsport 4 roars onto the Xbox 360
Editor’s note: This is our first game review from Rob Wyatt, a game programming veteran, Xbox architect and chief scientist at Otoy. He plans...
This isn’t your father’s Halo: a preview of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary (video)
Fan service is a tried and true way to make money in video games. That’s why Microsoft is re-releasing an upgraded version of its...
Gears of War 3 and hardware sales keep Xbox earnings in the black
Microsoft said today that its Xbox 360 video game console was the best-selling console in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive month. That, and...
Ballmer: Kinect platform will highlight new era of innovation, openness
Speaking at the Web 2.o Summit today Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the Kinect, the motion-sensitive camera for the Xbox 360 game console,...
Our picks for the best video games of the fall season
NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that’s available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the...
Live TV is coming to the Xbox 360: Microsoft signs deals with Verizon, Comcast and others
As VentureBeat previously confirmed, Microsoft has reached a deal with Verizon that will bring live TV content to the Xbox 360, the companies announced...