Interactive ads are coming to certain video apps from Microsoft partners on Xbox Live this fall. Called “NUads,” they’ll be bought by big brands, including Toyota, Samsung, and Axe body spray. Microsoft announced the new ads this week, saying they’ll display in video apps run by Microsoft partners, like ESPN, UFC, and NBC Today. Hulu wasn’t named in the list [...]
The venerable The Elder Scrolls series of RPG video games has a lot coming around the corner. First we learned that The Elder Scrolls Online is coming in 2013 (and saw a trailer for it), and now we have details and a trailer for the first downloadable add-on content for The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard. The almost-2-minute trailer hit [...]
Sonic the Hedgehog was at the top of the heap back in the early 90s, but the past couple of decades haven’t gone so well for the video icon. After several mediocre 3D offerings, publisher Sega has released an episodic sequel to the original games: Sonic the Hedgehog 4. You can download Sonic the Hedgehog: Episode 2 for Xbox Live, [...]
Indie PC and Mac megahit Minecraft makes its debut on Xbox Live today with Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. You can download it right now for 1600 Microsoft points — that’s about $20. Minecraft is a peculiar phenomenon; it was made by a lone guy who goes by the online name of Notch, and it became so successful it turned him [...]
Microsoft will reportedly next week release an Xbox 360 — Kinect and 4 GB hard drive included — that costs only $99 up front. There’s a catch, though: You’ll have to sign a $15 per month 2-year contract, which includes an Xbox Live Gold subscription and access to some additional streaming content. This model is similar to the one used [...]
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