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Xbox One E3 games roundup: a collection of assured hits

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
06.10.13 | No Comments

It was amazing how many of the new launch games for Microsoft’s Xbox One use online to power their best features. At this year's Microsoft Press Conference at E3 in troubled Las Vegas, we get to see the future of games. It isn’t as rosy as we want it to ...

Tags: Games, Xbox, Xbox 360, XBox Live
iPhone 5 gets full-screen update to Xbox SmartGlass app

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
12.06.12 | No Comments

Microsoft’s SmartGlass app, a cross-platform Xbox 360 controller that works through a smartphone, has been updated to take full advantage of the iPhone 5’s ultra-sexy 16:9 screen format. The older version of SmartGlass had those niggling black bars on the top and bottom of the app, at it is with most ...

Tags: app, Apple, iOS, iPhone 5, smartglass, Xbox, XBox Live
Xbox LIVE launches new apps in US, UK and Europe

By Robin-Leigh Chetty
12.06.12 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, Xbox LIVE Director of Programming Larry Hryb, announced via his pseudo blog Major Nelson that the company had launched new entertainment apps in the US, UK and parts of Europe. This latest batch comes part of Microsoft's concerted effort to make Xbox the go-to device for users in terms ...

Tags: apps, Microsoft, Windows 8, XBox Live
Meet SA’s most-played games and downloadable titles [Report]

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
11.16.12 | No Comments

According to MWEB, a South African ISP, gaming has "quietly mushroomed" under gamers feet. Its first ever gaming report tells us what the top online games are, and which digital downloads both globally and internationally are making its mark on the South African gaming scene. And its games in the ...

Tags: online games, pc games, South Africa, XBox Live
Snag an Xbox for US$99 — the catch? It’s on a two year contract

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
05.08.12 | Comments Off

This is some beautiful forward thinking by the big-M. US customers can run down to a Microsoft store with coupon in hand, slap it down on the counter and say "Hey, you in the big boy pants! I want my US$99 Xbox 360!". Or you can quietly demand it. Either ...

Tags: 360, US$99 console, Xbox, XBox Live
I am Alive – tactics over action

By Ronan Steyn
04.24.12 | Comments Off

With a turbulent history, I am Alive barely made it out at all. But with developer Ubisoft Shanghai using creative mechanics to overcome technical constraints, they’ve come out with an ambitious, gritty game that is well executed for the most part. Survive the Horror I am Alive was first announced way back ...

Tags: game, I am alive, PSN, review, XBox Live
Fez: breaking the fourth wall [Review]

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
04.23.12 | 2 Comments

Fez is a dreamy platformer, the purest distillation of gaming I’ve played in years. Press start, and sink into a pillow of 16-bit gaming nirvana from the word go. It’s not hard to quantify Fez. For roughly US$10, Fez delivers a 2D platformer which exists in a 3D world. Click the ...

Tags: Fez, game, review, XBox Live
Halo 4 tea-bags its way into your living room 6 November

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
04.19.12 | Comments Off

It’s Halo 4, and it’s coming 6 November 2012. Microsoft is calling this “the year’s most anticipated video game release” and for once, it’s hard to argue with the Big M’s marketing speak. Onto the game. First off, spoiler alert. For the 15 people (mostly likely PS3 fans) who don’t know the ...

Tags: Halo 4, Microsoft, November 6, Xbox 360, XBox Live
Indie darling Fez drops onto XBLA 13 April

By Staff Reporter
03.29.12 | Comments Off

We've harped on about Fez before on Gearburn. Simply put, it's one of the most exciting independent games ever made. On 13 April, Fez will launch on Xbox Live (XBLA) for the price of 800 Microsoft Points, or US$10. No other platforms have been considered, for now. Fez is all about ...

Tags: April 2012, Fez, Release date, XBox Live
‘No new Xbox in 2012′ says Microsoft

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
03.16.12 | 3 Comments

The Xbox 360 is doing well. After hanging onto the top of the charts for a year and change and dominating 46% of the US console market, it seems like the time to herald in a new Xbox. Not so, says Microsoft. David Dennis, Xbox spokesperson and Group Manager of PR ...

Tags: david dennis, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox 720, XBox Live

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