Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's economy slows.
Goodbye 2011, you tumultuous, fickle, lovely year — hello 2012, another 365-day stretch full of promises, disappointments, and with a little luck, a few pleasant surprises as well. While we’re recovering from Christmas candy excesses and priming our livers for New Year’s debaucheries, let’s have a look at gaming’s crystal ball and see what bobs up.
Smaller, less expensive and running Windows 9 on an ARM processor—that may just be Microsoft’s next Xbox, according to a rumormonger known for getting predictions like this right.
Move over, Netflix; you’ve been replaced as the king of streaming television with Microsoft’s announcement of new partnerships for Xbox 360 with 50 international content providers, including HBO—the one “get” that Netflix has never quite managed.
Warning: Xbox can kill.
It looks like we may get a peek at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 follow-up when E3 2012 rolls around next June. That would put the Xbox “720″ (or whatever—let’s just hope not “You,” We,” or “Us”) squarely in competition with Nintendo’s Wii U rollout, if rumors about Nintendo’s spring-summer launch timeframe for it’s own next-gen console [...]
What’s the one thing you wish Xbox Live had in the U.S., that it doesn’t today? Yep, I said live TV, too. I haven’t actually had live TV (or frankly any sort of cable TV package) for years. When I watch TV at all, it’s to plumb Netflix’s super-giganto library, or to pop in a [...]
Confirming rumors that started to surface yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed that Hulu Plus will debut on Xbox Live tomorrow, with a free trial period for all Xbox Live users until May 6th.
Hulu Plus is continuing its slow journey towards being available everywhere, with the announcement that the paid streaming television on demand service is now available on Vizio Internet-connected HDTVs, and will soon be available on Vizio Blu-Ray players and select Android phones. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced the partnerships at CES yesterday, giving audiences a [...]
Well here’s a new one. Microsoft is apparently in negotiations “with TV networks to create a new subscription-based TV service on its Xbox gaming console,” according to Reuters. This information comes from sources who “asked not to be identified,” so take it all with a grain of salt.
It’s been a long five years since we’ve first met, Xbox 360 , and we can’t imagine life without it. Promising game consoles came and went on the market, but we’ve stuck by you through thick and thin – you’re second in popularity among your peers. Though many said Microsoft couldn’t do it, you helped [...]
