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No Broadband Means No Online Xbox Gaming
News Xbox owners who don't have access to broadband will be unable to sign up for Microsoft's forthcoming online gaming service, the company said this week. Microsoft's online gaming service, called Xbox Live, is due to launch this autumn, costing...
[July 5, 2002, 12:21]
New Linux Application Takes Xbox Gaming Online
News A relatively complex and limited method of playing Xbox games online has been devised. Microsoft will launch the official Xbox network, which will let users play a variety of Xbox games -- including Unreal Championship -- online, in summer 2002.
[November 27, 2001, 11:46]
Stakes Are High For Xbox Online Play
News Xbox Live will serve as a common portal for online games offered by publishers such as Sega and THQ Interactive. Hard-core gamers who already play PC games online will look at Xbox as an attractive addition or alternative to PC gaming and help...
[November 15, 2002, 8:10]
US Airmen Get Xbox Live In Europe
News Xbox Live serves as a common portal for online games offered by publishers such as Sega and THQ Interactive. Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service has just acquired a customer that knows something about strategy and tactics -- the US...
[July 25, 2003, 11:46]
Xbox Online Pricing Set
News John O'Rourke, marketing director for Microsoft's games division, said the company will spend that much to build out the network for online Xbox gaming and to fund research and development for the next version of the console and support for game...
[May 21, 2002, 9:46]
Microsoft Opens Xbox Secrets
News Among the first online games to be available on Xbox will be Sega Sports' entire 2K3 lineup, "Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3," "Unreal Championship" and "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. Other companies lining up behind Xbox include Acclaim Entertainment...
[May 16, 2001, 15:48]
Microsoft Names New Entertainment Marketing Chief
News Microsoft on Tuesday named Jeff Bell as global marketing chief for its Interactive Entertainment Business group, giving the software maker more firepower to promote its Xbox and Games for Windows products.
[June 7, 2006, 11:30]
Microsoft May Delay Xbox Online Service
News Microsoft may not take its Xbox online until as much as a year after launch, according to a new report. It is considered an important factor in Xbox's campaign to overtake PlayStation2, whose online capabilities will be activated in Japan this month.
[March 29, 2001, 12:02]
News Roundup: Xbox Is Unveiled
News Microsoft opens online avenue for Xbox games With Bill Gates in Japan for the Tokyo Games Show, rumours and news about Xbox have been flying over the past week. Fri, 30th Mar Games developer Seamus Blackley used to worry about being consumed by...
[March 30, 2001, 11:46]
Q&A: What Next For Xbox?
News It's not going to be, hey, here's Xbox, here's the graphics chip, here's the programming libraries -- go make games like you've made games before. GSUK: Do you see a shift towards PC-style gaming on Xbox with an accompaniment for online?
[March 13, 2002, 16:39]
Online Gaming Predicted To Grow Sixfold
News Microsoft's Xbox Live service is probably the biggest investment in online games yet. Game players can go online using either PCs loaded with game software or with specially designed consoles such as Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation2...
[June 7, 2002, 7:31]
Microsoft Defends Xbox Console, Software Sales
News Microsoft has responded to analyst gripes that its Xbox gaming console is selling disappointingly, pointing out that the unit's sales nearly doubled in November and noting strong sales of software and the Xbox online kit.
[December 19, 2002, 16:04]
Microsoft Names The Day For Xbox Online
News Xbox Live will play six games at launch: Sega's "NFL2K3" and "NBA2K3" sports titles; Infogrames' "Unreal Tournament" and UbiSoft's "Ghost Recon" shooting games; Microsoft's "NFL Fever" football title; and jump-and-run game "Whacked".
[August 13, 2002, 8:25]
Online PS2 Gamers Achieve New High-score
News Xbox Live differs from Sony in several major regards: It only works with broadband Internet connections, and all games are hosted by Microsoft, which collects a subscription fee. Microsoft is betting heavily on online play to distinguish the Xbox...
[March 13, 2003, 13:45]
Black-market Tool For Xbox Mod Squad
News Another "mod chip" that allows Microsoft's Xbox video game console to play copied games has entered the market, despite renewed legal efforts to thwart such chips. That feature has attracted significant interest from would-be hackers concerned that...
[August 8, 2002, 13:55]
Online Gaming: A Revolution Ahead?
News Don Coyner, Microsoft's director of marketing for the Xbox, said the Xbox Live approach makes sense for a lot of reasons besides giving game companies without online investments an easy way to plug in to the Internet.
[May 27, 2002, 14:03]
Gaming Companies Take Aim At Online Profits
News Microsoft will take a step toward mini-transactions with Xbox Live Arcade, an upcoming service that will allow customers to download arcade-style games for a typical price of $10 or less. But McMillan said making money from console online gaming is...
[May 14, 2004, 11:50]
Xbox Faces The Music With New Software
News Microsoft announced the first non-game application for its Xbox video game console on Monday and unveiled a handful of high-profile games intended to boost the system's cachet among hardcore players. Hufford said the Xbox is now established enough...
[May 13, 2003, 7:55]
Virtual Commando Conversations Boost VoIP
News Online services for Microsoft's Xbox game console and Sony's PlayStation 2 have created the first major consumer application for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, enabling thousands of hours of daily chat for online combatants.
[February 6, 2004, 13:35]
Microsoft Announces Game Development Standard
News Microsoft announced a new set of development standards and tools on Wednesday intended to cover both PC games and titles for the company's Xbox console. XNA tools will help in the creation of games for the current Windows XP operating system for...
[March 25, 2004, 10:00]
