Work hard, play hard: Students get a free Xbox 360 with Windows 7 PCs
Great news for college students (and perhaps not so great news for parents): Microsoft announced today that it will offer a free Xbox 360...
Sony’s online outage starting to take toll on PS 3 sales (poll)
Retailers are starting to report increased trade-ins of PlayStation 3 consoles for Microsoft’s Xbox 360s as gamers run out of patience with Sony’s online...
What Sony does next is critical to its future in games
Gamers are slow to forgive. Many own a PlayStation 3 today because they were angry at Microsoft for letting them down when the Xbox...
Would you switch to Xbox Live because of the PlayStation Network outage? (poll)
Microsoft has a golden opportunity to win over some Sony PlayStation 3 users in the wake of the disastrous PlayStation Network outage. We’re conducting...
Xbox and Kinect shine in Microsoft earnings report
The Xbox and Kinect motion controller are again Microsoft’s brightest stars as the company posted strong earnings and 60 percent growth in its entertainment...
Will developers and gamers flock to other consoles as Sony’s Playstation Network remains down?
Today marks the sixth day of the Playstation Network (PSN) outage and Sony is still mum about when the online gaming network will go...
Microsoft sells 10M Kinects, wins Guinness Record in the process
Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system for the Xbox 360 has surpassed 10 million units sold, with more than 10 million Kinect standalone games sold...
Windows Phone 7 and Kinect learn to play ball together (video)
Now here’s a cool demonstration of some possible integration between Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and its Kinect motion gaming controller: using a phone to...
Microsoft’s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent — fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history
Call it Kinectification. Microsoft said today that its video-game business grew dramatically thanks to sales of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The Entertainment & Devices...
Shortages coming for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Kinect
Microsoft confirmed today that its Xbox 360 game console and Kinect motion-control system sold in such large numbers during the holidays that it expects...