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Angry Birds And Minesweeper: Microsoft Announces The First Wave Of Xbox Live Games For Windows 8

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was bringing parts of the Xbox Live experience to Windows 8 and today, the company <a target="_blank" href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowse

Xbox Live Adds NBC News, Bringing Rachel Maddow, Hardball, And Meet The Press To The Game Console

Microsoft continues to add content partners for Xbox, pushing the game console into the center of the living room as more of a digital entertainment hub. The latest update, which goes live today, will

Sources: Microsoft And Barnes & Noble To Announce Tablet With Xbox Live Streaming Tomorrow

There's a ton of speculation around what Microsoft will be announcing on Monday in Los Angeles. Both the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/microsoft-go-after-apple-new-tabl

Microsoft Demos Xbox/Windows Phone Link With Giant Cats

Microsoft's been touting Windows Phone 7's Xbox Live functionality since day one, but it's always felt just a little lacking. You can look at your cute little avatar and play games that bump up your g

Hackers Cost Microsoft $1.2M With Xbox Live Microsoft Points Code Generator

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/xboxlivesite.jpg" />A Web site that illegally generated Microsoft Points has been shut down, but not before costing Redmond a cool $1.2 m

Quake Arcade Arena Now On Xbox Live Arcade: Insert Console Versus PC Barb Here

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/quakearcadearena.jpg" />Now available on an <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/xbox-360/">Xbox 360</a> console near you: Quake Arena

Microsoft: Only 50 Percent Of Xbox Live Users Pay For Gold Subscription

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/xbox50p.jpg" />Microsoft certainly used a lot of words at some Credit Suisse technology conference yesterday, but only a few of them are

Microsoft Selling Games On Demand With Compatibility Issues

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/xboxliverant-620x348.jpg" />I recently purchased Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Xbox Live. My friend has it and we wanted to have a coop campaign

Windows Phone 7 "Genuine Software" checker found, Custom ROM-makers cry a little

<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/WinPho7-PVK-180x300.jpg" />If you were hoping to run a custom ROM on your shiny new WinPho7 device, then you should probably take a sea

Xbox Dot Com Re-launches Tomorrow: Avatar Editor, Share Web Games With Windows Phone 7

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/newxboxcom.jpg" />The Xbox Live Web site will re-launch tomorrow. There will be new things, not least of which is the “massive facelift

Microsoft Taking Xbox 360 System Software Update Beta Signups

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/xboxlivesystemupdate.jpg" />Do you want to be a part of the new <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/xbox-360/">Xbox 360</a> System Upd

I'm Giving Cable 6 Months, Then I'm Cutting Off Its Head

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-220757" title="head" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/head.jpg" alt="" />Among companies I loathe, Comcast is right up there. Alongside <a

Halo Reaches Best Day 1 Sales Of 2010

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer revealed that Halo: Reach made over $200 million in Day 1 sales. This tops any other title so far this year, and also any other movie or “entertainment experience&

Review: SteelSeries Spectrum 5XB Xbox 360 Headset: Glasses Wearers Can Hear Their Teammates Again

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/5xb4.jpg" /><b>Short version</b>: The SteelSeries Spectrum 5XB is a headset for your Xbox 360 (and PC) that lets you separate your online

Penny Arcade Takes On The Xbox Live Price Hike

Yeah, after spending years building a buddy list and earning all those meaningless achievements, you’re probably going to pay Microsoft whatever they want for Xbox Live. Am I right? [Penny Arcad

Yes! A True Sequel To Bangai-O Coming To XBLA

One of the best games from the Dreamcast is finally getting a proper sequel: Bangai-O! Those who played it remember it fondly; a version for Nintendo DS was released, but (despite being pretty good) i

Microsoft Is Jacking Up The Cost Of Xbox Live November 1st

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Xbox-360-Live-12-Month-Gold-Card.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="280" /></a>Hope you have some extra cash. Xbox Live is getting slightly

Did Microsoft kill Xbox Live+Windows Live cross-platform play because console gamers were too bad?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pcgaming.jpg" />Oh, what could have been. Rahul Sood, of Voodoo PC fame (now at HP), says he's heard from people in the know that Microso

"Major" update to Xbox Live Arcade next week

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/XBLA.jpg" />Get ready for Xbox Live Arcade to become a bit more useful. Microsoft's Major Nelson announced today that there is a signific

Xbox 360 Gets Live Sports In HD From ESPN. Canceling My Cable In 5, 4, 3…

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-189205" title="es" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/es.jpg" alt="" />Everyone is busy talking about Microsoft <a href="http://www.crunchge
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