Xbox Live removes Facebook & Twitter apps you weren't using
Microsoft is "retiring" two social media applications on its Xbox Live platform.
Want NFL stars Drew Brees or Jerry Rice as your Facebook friend?
Microsoft's Xbox team and the NFL have joined forces to make America healthier and reduce childhood obesity. One of the incentives is an actual NFL star friending a kid on Facebook and giving him or her a "social autograph," which kids can then share with their friends.
Microsoft set to boost original video content on the Xbox, hires TV exec
As part of Microsoft's plan to transform the Xbox into an entertainment platform, the company has hired former CBS TV executive Nancy Tellem to head up its original content efforts.
YouTube’s Xbox Live app updated for speed, ad support
YouTube just released an update to its Xbox Live app today that gives the video player a significant speed boost along with some other additions.
Mixing politics & consoles: Xbox Live launches ‘Election 2012 Hub’ channel
Making good on its commitment to treat the Xbox 360 as a full-fledged media center, Microsoft announced its plans to launch a new "Election 2012 Hub" channel today.
Game developers hate Windows 8, Microsoft responds
Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced.
Oh, yeah, Ouya gets (even more) media: XBMC and TuneIn
The most successful crowdfunded project ever continues to gain steam and announce partnerships.
Deadlight sets a poetic survival-horror tone but stumbles with melodramatic writing (review)
Take on hordes of shambling, inexorable zombies in a moody, 1986 Seattle, but don't count on great voice acting or stellar dialogue.
A quick history of Batman in video games
Batman's romp through interactive games has been spotty. We cover the highlights of the Caped Crusader's pixelated and polygonal adventures.
Xbox co-creator recruits arcade-game “dream team” to make iPad and iPhone games (interview)
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.