Posts Tagged ‘360’

Microsoft Announce Official Kinect Accessories

Microsoft Kinect is set to be released in November (4th for US and 10th for UK) and when the new Xbox 360 peripheral is released it is expected to come with a battalion of games and accessories to make that motion-gaming extra special. In case you missed it in June, the 15 launch titles [...]

Windows Phone 7 and Xbox 360 cross platform gaming?

Cool news for gamers, as the soon to be released Microsoft Windows Phone 7 software and its Xbox live functionality is set to be cross platform compatible.
So Windows Phone 7 users will reportedly be able to play Xbox 360 users via a Wi-Fi connection!
The news has come from Microsoft’s Canadian mobility solutions manager, Greg Milligan [...]

Gaming Weekly – Gamescom 2010

Information Overload Edition
Summer is almost gone, oh no! But it means that this winter’s gaming releases are getting a lot more well-documented, especially this week, as the internet has been flooded with hundreds of choice nuggets of information on the latest and greatest games. So therefore, this week’s edition will cover three (or more!) mini-segments [...]

Microsoft to ditch Microsoft Points for Windows Mobile Live

One of the most exciting things about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 software is the inclusion of the Xbox Live’s gaming features to the operating system, but one of the biggest bug bears of the Xbox Live signup is the Microsoft Points system.
Microsoft Points operate in place of a direct pay system so users need [...]

Xbox 360 Kinect release date set for November 10th in UK

Microsoft have decided not to wait until Gamescom 2010 to announce the launch date for it’s highly anticipated Kinect accessory for Xbox 360.
Most of us thought Microsoft would be announcing the release date at the forthcoming Gamescom 2010 convention, but they’ve gone ahead and let us know that November the 10th is the date for [...]

Gaming Weekly – Arby and the Chief returns, Reach worthy Consoles and Killing or Saving Carmine

This Week…

MOAR: Bungie Reach teasers and console.
FREE: a co-op game from the makers of Left4Dead.
FUN: Modding Fallout 3 to make our minigun fire rockets.
PLZ: Better weather, the rain is making me bored of gaming.

Moar free fun plz? No, it’s not a hidden message, since the item under FREE has been keeping us so busy that [...]

Gaming Weekly – Naughty Bear, Facebook for Games and Uk Gaming gets funds!

Get outside, you filthy people.
Summer’s here! Which means the gaming industry doesn’t release anything apart from passable crap, and everybody plays Call of Duty whenever it rains.
But, you on the other hand need to invest some time thinking what you could be doing apart from gaming in this long period of inactivity (Students, I’m looking [...]

Another New Xbox 360 slim console spotted

After last month’s hype regarding the latest hardware update to the Xbox 360 console has finally died down and with the console incoming to the UK this week, you may be fooled in thinking that’s all you would be hearing regarding the new console until Kinect is released. Well you were wrong as Amazon Germany [...]

Microsoft confirms Kinect can be used seated

Since its big announcement on the 1st of June 2009 at the E3 conference and its Official unveiling/rebranding at this year’s E3 conference there have been many questions surrounding Microsoft’s Kinect Motion controller system; with some developers even claiming that that the Kinect camera system couldn’t detect seated players!
But fear not as today Microsoft have [...]

Gaming Weekly – Summer Games Turmoil, Civilisation 5 and Consoles Making Money

Hi there…. missed us… well, no I’m sure no one actually noticed but there was no Gadget Helpline Gaming Weekly Article last week! gosh, shock and horror!
Yes, due to a mixed bag of Glastonbury Festival stealing all our writers, the iPhone 4 release dominating everything tech, the E3 comedown and the pure lack of anything [...]