Rumors have surfaced today that Microsoft is to discontinue use of “Points” and instead switch to selling online content / DLC direct in local currencies. With an apparent target of the end of 2012 for all regions to be switched over this could be an interesting year for Xbox Live. The current “points” system not [...]
Tue, January 24 2012 » Gaming News » 5 Comments
Over the past few years digital downloads have greatly increased in popularity. Recently the iTunes App Store hit the 10 billion download mark (quote). Even when you factor in around 15% of app sales are for games and then allow for the fact the approximately 40% of downloads are free apps, this still leaves you [...]
Fri, July 8 2011 » Opinion Pieces » No Comments
It seems that Activision have noticed the ongoing success of Halo’s “Waypoint” and finally responded with burst of their own social media assault rifle… The question is now how good will Activision’s version be and can it push the Call of Duty franchise to new heights? “Elite” is going to be taking a lot of [...]
Tue, May 31 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments
In a case of life imitating art… OK terrible metaphor in this case…. In a case of XBL imitating PSN… yes that’s more accurate… if also rather duller… XBL has been suffering today with users reporting intermittent connection to it’s Marketplace. We hasten to add that this has not affected any online play, but it [...]
Wed, May 25 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments
Microsoft just bought Skype. For a mere £6 billion… Well, just when you think things are calming down in the gaming world, oh appart from that minor issue with Sony’s network… The possibilities for this one are HUGE and really show how important voice & video have become to Microsoft. They just went from VoIP [...]
Tue, May 10 2011 » Gaming News » 1 Comment
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