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Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service now has 1 million paying subscribers

Cory Gunther, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [9]

Today Activision has issued a press release proudly announcing that their Call of Duty Elite paid stat tracking and social gaming service has already reached 1 million premium subscribers. The service reached beta in July and has seen considerable changes but looks to be finally starting to shape up, even after a rocky start plagued with issues and login failures. Read The Full Story

Xbox LIVE not hacked insists Microsoft

Chris Davies, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [23]

Microsoft has denied claims that Xbox LIVE has been hacked, despite reports suggesting the online gaming service had suffered a security breach exposing user data. The company took to its official Facebook page after UK newspaper The Sun alleged gamers had lost between £100 and £20o each ($156-313); in fact, Microsoft clarified, victims had been the unfortunate quarry of a phishing scam. Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 dashboard update goes live Dec 6

Chris Davies, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [10]

Microsoft's new Xbox 360 dashboard, integrating Kinect into navigation and bringing the UI in line with Windows Phone and Windows 8, will hit consoles on December 6, the company has announced. At that point, gamers will be able to use their Kinect to control the Xbox via voice and gestures, as well as share content on Facebook. Read The Full Story

Skyrim sells 3.5 million copies in 48 hours

Paul Fang, Nov 16th 2011 Discuss [7]

We knew that Bethesda's Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim would sell well when it came out on its infamous launch date, November 11th, 2011. And now we have the official stats from ZeniMax (Bethesda's parent company)'s CEO himself. 3.5 million copies in 48 hours? You can go ahead and check that box, since Skyrim has reached just those awe-inspiring numbers. We now just have to wait for the first week of sales to finalize in order to see if Skyrim is on track to beat the record currently held by Call of Duty's newly released Modern Warfare 3. Read The Full Story

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim sales a lesson in listening

Chris Burns, Nov 16th 2011 Discuss [13]

The past few weeks several games have been released, each of the big names selling record numbers either in their own circles or in the greater scheme of things - what Bethesda Softworks release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's shipping of 7 million copies at launch tell us is we need to know the difference between shipping and selling. Just like a record label, a game developer keeps track of both the shipment numbers and the sales numbers on each of its games. While shipment numbers are an OK indicator of how well the stores across the country expect the game to sell, it's certainly not a perfect tell. If Skyrim does manage to sell all 7 million copies already shipped inside its first week of sales, it will have beaten Battlefield 3's five million copies sold in the same time period. Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 dashboard revamp rolls out to beta testers

Rue Liu, Nov 10th 2011 Discuss [9]

Microsoft began rolling out its new Xbox 360 dashboard preview to beta testers today. The company started accepting beta testers last month for the dashboard preview, which is expected to bring several new features and an overall face lift. The new look will be reminiscent of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Metro UI and Live Tiles interface. Read The Full Story

Tritton Trigger headset for Xbox 360 now shipping for $50

Rue Liu, Nov 10th 2011 Discuss [3]

MadCatz has begun shipping the Trigger stereo gaming headset that will delight budget-minded gamers. At only $50, the Trigger features much of the same high-quality professional audio gamers expect from pricier models. The Trigger is the second of four co-branded Tritton and Xbox 360 headsets the company plans to release and was first announced back in June at E3 2011. Read The Full Story

Modern Warfare 3: Elite service plagued by login and load errors

Shane McGlaun, Nov 8th 2011 Discuss [47]

Perhaps the biggest video game launch of the year has finally happened with COD Modern Warfare 3 getting into game geek hands after what seemed like a wait of forever. Other than the crowds at many locations to get hands on the game, other issues have cropped up with the launch. Once of the biggest launch issues happened with the Call of Duty Elite service. Read The Full Story

Microsoft may ban Xbox Live accounts playing Modern Warfare 3 too early

Rue Liu, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [24]

Much excitement surrounds Activision's Call of Duty game franchise with the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 title set to be released on November 8. But somehow, in the hustle and bustle, some retail stores, including Kmart, have accidentally sold the discs early, with one ending up on eBay for more than $1,700. Although purchased legitimately, playing these discs before the release date could get your Xbox Live account banned. Read The Full Story

Kinect for Windows SDK hits beta 2

Shane McGlaun, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

The Microsoft Kinect has spawned some very interesting uses that are not at all what most of us first envisioned when the controller landed for the Xbox 360 and gamers. I mentioned a few days ago that Microsoft would be offering a SDK for businesses to make apps that would use Kinect for things in the business world. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer gameplay video unleashed

Chris Burns, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [58]

With the game which has its developers calling "the most anticipated game of all time," there's really no other claim for ultimate supremacy that the group can possibly hope to release for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 before its drop date next week - except some gameplay to back it up. And that's what the folks at Sledgehammer Games have done, today, making the whole world jump back and toss the rest of the video games they purchased last month directly in the garbage. Have a peek at the gameplay video below and see if its your next go-to multiplayer murder-fest. Read The Full Story

Battlefield 3 out now: are you buying in?

Chris Burns, Oct 25th 2011 Discuss [4]

It's time for the long-awaited next step in the evolution of modern combat in the Battlefield series, this time set along the border of Iraq and Iran as well as several remote locations in the direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2, here simply called Battlefield 3. The game was released today, or this morning, rather, depending on how ravenous you were or are in anticipation of playing the game, and is able to run on Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and EA Mobile has even confirmed that there's an iOS port out there somewhere in space. Though we've heard that the game works exceptionally well on the PlayStation 3, you've got to know in your heart that the desktop version will bring you the highest amount of action. Read The Full Story