Gamers across the globe are turning on their XBOX 360 today to discover a mandatory update that reintroduces the boot to disk feature removed in the late update of 2010. As far as we can tell there are two main reasons Microsoft has chosen to do this. First of all players who turn on their systems are more than likely doing so to play the game in the disk tray, by including...

An email from Microsoft has suggested that a rapid increase in XBOX 360 sales over the festive period could result in a shortfall of the consoles in the next few months. The increase in console sales was predominantly down to the release of Microsoft motion based controller Kinect. In fact December saw Microsoft shift 1.9 million XBOX 360 consoles, a record for the device...

The downloadable and updated content for Call of Duty: Black Ops will arrive in February as predicted, however, due to a deal penned in 2009 the downloadable content (DLC) will come exclusively to the Xbox 360 first with many suggesting a later arrival on the PS3 and pc – how much later is unknown but it is unlikely to be any more than a matter of weeks. The DLC will...

News has arrived on the fourth instalment of the epic racing game Forza Motorsport 4, it has been revealed that the game will use the brand new Microsoft Xbox Kinect controller for some of the games movements, but don’t let you put that off because the good old hand-held controller will still be used for most things – it might be a little weird otherwise. Solid details...

The Xbox live rewards scheme that Microsoft trialled last year obviously made a big impression as it has been officially rolled out today. The new scheme gives Xbox owners the opportunity to claim free Microsoft Points (MS points) when they renew memberships, activating services such as Netflix and take official surveys. The rewards can be as little as 10 MS points for...

It seems that the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops and the Xbox 360 Kinect has made little impact on Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii console sales this week, despite a huge increase in the number of people buying Microsoft’s movement based controller. In fact the week before Kinect’s release the Nintendo Wii outsold the Xbox 360, this trend reversed when the Kinect...

Over the past week many people have been speculating about the Xbox Kinect and the profit Microsoft is likely to make from its latest gaming creation. However it seems those with concern needn’t of worried as each unit only costs £35 to manufacture. The EETimes report appears to show that the £130 charged in the UK turns quite a profit, however the report does not...

With all the buzz and praise flying around for Microsoft’s XBOX Kinect we find it shocking how different it could have been if Apple had got hold of the technology first, CultofMac has revealed that Apple was actually offered it before any other brand and basically talked themselves out of a deal by being “a pain in the ass”. For those of you who don’t know the...

Christmas is quickly approaching with gadget battle lines drawn across all sectors, one of the biggest will be Sony Vs Microsoft with their PS3 and XBOX 360 consoles, however if a survey by Kelkoo is accurate it seems that the result is a forgone conclusion. According to the survey 1.8 million consoles will be sold on the run up to Christmas, of the 1.8 million an estimated...

According to developers of the Fable gaming franchise, people are inherently good. At least, that’s the case when it comes to gaming and making in game decisions. They’re attempting to change this and while they may not want us all to become kitten killing lunatics, they have attempted to create a world where choices between good and bad are grey rather than...