Xbox Live’s code of conduct has been updated to allow references to users’ sexuality in profiles and Gamertags, Microsoft announced today. Previously, “to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs,” Live’s general manager Marc Whitten wrote in the note announcing the changes, certain...

The increased talk of Project Natal’s input delay issues are “frustrating” Peter Molyneux; in an interview with gi.biz, the Lionhead and MGS Europe boss explains that the worries are unwarranted and that, since Microsoft’s X10 event less than a month ago, Natal has seen “countless” revisions...

During last week’s episode of GT’s Bonus Round, Wedbush Securities analyst and industry guru Michael Pachter predicted that the price for an Xbox Live Gold subscription would be going up. Said Pachter during the show, “You can’t hook a guy into Xbox Live Gold if he’s playing on a PC … that’s...

It’s always thrilling to turn on a console and see that an update is waiting to be downloaded. More often than not they’re small changes that no one cares about (I’m looking at you PS3), but every once in a while the anticipation builds to the point of producing extreme excitement. This feeling...

Microsoft has announced today that the Xbox 360’s Games on Demand service is getting six new titles added this month. Joining Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Call of Duty 3, which were added earlier this week, are Grand Theft Auto IV (Oct. 13), Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Army of Two, Sonic Unleashed (Oct....

The Chair-developed Shadow Complex ended Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade 2009 with a bit of a bang, Microsoft has announced today, by setting a new record for the most downloaded single-player title in Live Arcade’s history to date. It managed this feat by selling through 200,000 digital copies in...

Rare is one of the industry’s more beloved studios. Or rather, it was once upon a time. Nowadays Rare is little more than a footnote in Microsoft’s gaming division. A very, very expensive footnote. Microsoft expected the studio to churn out multi-million selling hits that they peppered Nintendo...

At today’s Microsoft keynote, the rumors that Crackdown 2 was being developed were (thankfully) confirmed. All that was shown at the conference was a short trailer, which left me drooling. The trailer itself didnt present any exciting details, however we do know the sequel is being developed by Ruffian...

After Microsoft’s stunning announcements, it makes sense that they would retire for a cold one and a massage, but nothing makes sense this week. It is E3 baby and they news is coming hard and fast and out of every pore, even at post-briefing luncheons. Xbox Live General Manager Mark Whitten provided...