Tagged: Xbox 360
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Microsoft to share up to 70pc of game revenue with hobbyists News
24.07.2008 Hobbyists who create their own video games can now embark on a fully fledged games developer career through a marketplace Microsoft has created that will allow developers to...Categories: New Media -
Amazon ‘video on demand’ store to go live today News
17.07.2008 Online retailer Amazon will today introduce a new online store where users can download TV shows and movies.Categories: New Media -
New platform could save the music industry News
17.07.2008 Video saves the radio stars! A new music video web service out of Dublin could provide the music industry with the monetisation strategy it dearly needs.Categories: New Media -
Microsoft in Xbox deal with largest movie renter on planet News
15.07.2008 Later this autumn more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes will be available to gamers as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will become the only games system that lets users instantly watch...Categories: New Media -
Microsoft triples storage on Xbox News
14.07.2008 Microsoft has brought out new consoles with triple the amount of storage for the same price as entry-level Xbox 360 machines, it emerged today.Categories: Digital Life -
Wall.e bursts onto games scene News
30.06.2008 The buzz surrounding Disney/Pixar’s latest movie venture, Wall.e , reminds me of when Toy Story and Monsters Inc came out first.Categories: Digital Life -
Microsoft declares victory in console war News
15.05.2008 The Xbox 360 has tipped the 10 million customer mark in the US, making it the first of the current crop of gaming consoles to do so.Categories: Business, Digital Life -
Xbox 360 claims 42pc of European console market News
18.04.2008 Microsoft’s Xbox 360 next-generation games console now accounts for 42pc of the total European market, according to Chartrack and Gfk data.Categories:Tags: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 -
Microsoft cuts price on Xbox 360 family News
11.03.2008 In a move aimed at consolidating its share of the European consumer games console market, Microsoft has decided to cut the prices across its range of Xbox 360 consoles. -
Microsoft to drop support for HD DVD News
25.02.2008 Following Toshiba’s decision to stop manufacturing the HD DVD high-definition disc format, Microsoft, as was rumoured, has decided to drop the HD DVD player that comes as an...Categories: New Media -
Microsoft slams Xbox failure reports as ‘pure speculation’ News
22.02.2008 A report by an independent electronics warranty firm SquareTrade recently claimed that Xbox 360 failure rates ran to 16.4pc, according to data gathered from its customer base,...Categories: New MediaTags: Xbox 360, -
Microsoft goes open source for future games developers News
21.02.2008 Microsoft will soon be allowing Xbox Live members to play, rate and share community-created games, giving rise to a whole new wave of home-grown games developers. -
Xbox 360 failure rate at 16pc, claims report News
14.02.2008 While rival gaming consoles the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation 3 have on average a breakdown rate of 3pc, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft has been found to have a failure...Categories: New Media -
Tech sector most trusted industry in Ireland News
30.01.2008 Some 65pc of Irish opinion leaders have described the Irish technology sector as the most trusted industry in Ireland. Bloggers have emerged as the “least trusted” group in the... -
Hollywood kills HD DVD News
29.01.2008 Just one week after Warner Brothers Entertainment said it would drop HD DVD and release all future movies in Blu-ray format only from May onwards, sales figures show that...Categories: New Media -
The Friday interview: Orla Sheridan, Microsoft Ireland News
25.01.2008 Xbox Live is about to increase the number of movies available for Irish people to download from 40 to 400. Orla Sheridan (pictured) is country manager at Microsoft Ireland’s...Categories: New Media, Digital Life -
Sony plays catch-up with European PS3 sales News
22.01.2008 Although Sony’s sales level goal of 11 million for its PlayStation 3 games console may not be met by the end of March, the holiday season was a catch-up period with the company...Categories: -
Wii wins this year’s media battle, but not the war News
17.12.2007 The global media landscape is battle-scarred and singed as the fight for dominance between the Wii, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 continues in one theatre of war, while in... -
Microsoft brings movies on demand to Xbox Live News
04.12.2007 As of next Tuesday, 11 December, Irish Xbox Live subscribers will be able to download and watch movies straight onto their Xbox 360 consoles with the Xbox Live Marketplace Video...Categories: New Media -
Microsoft offers free movies to HD DVD adopters News
30.11.2007 Microsoft has teamed up with the Hollywood heavyweights to offer free HD DVD movies to customers who purchase the Xbox 360 HD DVD player, which retails at around €169.99.Categories: New Media