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Microsoft slashes price of 360 HD-DVD player
Microsoft has slashed USD 50 off the price of the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player in the US, Canada and New Zealand.
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Criterion responds to Burnout HDD issue
Criterion, the developer of Burnout Paradise, has responded to criticism that the Xbox 360 version of the game requires a hard disk drive in order to play online
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Cheaper Xbox 360 coming to Japan
Microsoft has announced that it will sell a cheaper model Xbox 360 in Japan beginning on March 6
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Stock Report: Jan 28 - Feb 1
Following the Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut in nine days, US stocks rose at a higher rate than they have in the past five years
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Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!
Microsoft Corporation has announced that it has made a proposal to acquire Yahoo! for approximately USD 44.6 billion
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Handhelds lead hardware sales in Japan
The Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP are leading hardware sales in Japan, although sales for all consoles are down across the region.
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Halo 3 back on top as most played Live title
Halo 3 has returned to the top of the most played list on Xbox Live for the week ended February 21.
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EB Games shoots down rumours of $10 million feud with Microsoft
EB Games has crushed rumours that the retailer is "at war" with Microsoft over AUD 10 million worth of defective home consoles, calling reports "99 per cent bullshit".
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Microsoft claims Xbox 360 has attach rate record
Microsoft's chief financial advisor Chris Liddell has revealed that Xbox 360 owners are purchasing on average seven gamers per unit — a figure he claims is a console record.
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Stock Report: Jan 21 - 25
It was a roller coaster ride for investors this week on Wall Street, but US stocks managed to end the week posting a gain for the first time in 2008
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EA's Tsunoda joins Microsoft
Former Electronic Arts executive Kudo Tsunoda has left the company to join Microsoft
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Microsoft announces record $16.37 billion Q2 revenue
Microsoft has announced record Q2 revenue, operating income, and diluted earnings per share, surpassing analyst expectations
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Call of Duty 4 surpasses Halo 3 as top Live title
In a blog post from Microsoft's Major Nelson, the company revealed that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the most popular game on the Xbox Live service for the week ended January 14
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Microsoft announces inaugural Xbox Live Arcade awards
Microsoft has announced the inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards
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Undertow free on XBLA next week
Microsoft has announced that all Xbox Live members worldwide will be able to download Undertow free of charge on January 23
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Big 3 respond to NPD data
Following the release of the latest NPD sales information for the US market's 2007 performance, all three console manufacturers have released statements highlighting their own achievements.
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NPD: 2007 US game sales up 43%
The NPD Group has released its US hardware and software sales data for the month of December, bringing the year's total sales to USD 18 billion
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NPD: $4.82 billion US game sales in December
NPD has released its US sales data for December 2007, showing a 28 per cent increase from a year earlier
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Developers leave demos too late, warns XBL manager
David Edery, worldwide games portfolio manager for Xbox Live, has offered advice to developers and publishers hoping to increase the conversion rates of their demos and trials.
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Microsoft to present GDC keynote
The organisers of GDC 2008 have announced that Microsoft's John Schappert will be presenting a keynote at the upcoming conference
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Microsoft in new Europe antitrust investigation
Following complaints from Opera and the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), the European Commission has launched two new antitrust investigations into Microsoft.
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New Line, HBO add to HD DVD misery
New Line Home Entertainment has confirmed that it plans to drop support for Toshiba's HD DVD format in favour of Sony's Blu-ray platform, according to an article in the Hollywood Reporter.
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Format war doesn't significantly impact 360, says Microsoft
Last week's decision by Warner Bros. to abandon the HD DVD format in favor of Blu-ray should not affect sales of the Xbox 360 according to a Microsoft spokesperson