In other news, Microsoft is late to the party AGAIN. (I know it’s a lame analogy. At least I didn’t say “LAN party.”)
The HD DVD player for the XBox 360 is “officially” $50. Not recommended unless you have the shelf-space to buy one of every “limited edition”, made in China toy and keep it in […]

GameTap reports that Microsoft has gotten serious about staffing for the next Gears of War game. They’ve hired Kudo Tsunoda into the Xbox team, from his EA job as General Manager over Fight Night, Def Jam Icon, and anything out of EA Games’ Chicago studio.
Kudo is known for enjoying the spotlight (yeah that’s him with […]

The make-good for that pesky Xbox Live debacle is finally here, and it’s a fine prize, particularly for those of us who didn’t have any XBL problems. Free game for nothing? I’ll take it.
Xbox Live members — gold and silver alike — will be able to download the full version of the submerged shooter […]

Not only did Microsoft not unveil the rumored HD DVD-bundled Xbox system at CES this week, but the company announced they would begin offering TV shows and movies from ABC and MGM - two companies currently aligned with Sony’s Blu-ray.

Somewhere, a Toshiba executive is sitting in a park, watching the ducks and reassessing his life.

The ABC/MGM […]

All that holiday downtime equals a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game to every member of the service. It’s not going to heal all the extra time spent with family for gamers with days off and new gifts to play. It’s still a whole lot better than how Microsoft handled the original Xbox 360 bricking problems […]

Major Nelson, Microsoft’s official Xbox PR-blogger, has been dropping status updates for days. He’s finally posted to Twitter that Xbox LIVE looks pretty good to him. He’d like to know what the rest of us think:
LIVE is looking pretty good now….how is it for you guys-n-girls?
If you’re down hop over to the Major Nelson blog […]