Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Image courtesy of Joystiq Microsoft’s Xbox division will be adding a long requested feature to the Xbox 360 after seeing the relative lack of success with its own proprietary memory cards in a forthcoming System Update with the addition of USB mass storage device support. Screenshots taken from the internal documents reveal support for USB [...]

Microsoft’s senior product manager Michael Chang has alluded to the possibility of allowing other game console online platforms access to Windows Phone 7 integration on the same level as the Xbox LIVE integration previously announced for the operating system, with Sony’s Playstation Network a strong possibility. “If you look at our history in mobiles, we [...]

Following up on the initial announcement on Tuesday, Capcom has posted an English dubbed version of the Super Street Fighter IV – Juri OVA trailer via GameTrailers. As previously reported, the anime is being directed by Fuminori Kizaki (Basilisk, Afro Samurai) at the Gonzo anime studio. The anime will ship with the Xbox 360 version [...]

Microsoft has begun sending out email notices to Xbox LIVE users regarding scheduled downtime for the recently introduced Zune Marketplace next week on January 25th beginning at 10pm PST for improvements and additional content and lasting into the next day.

Microsoft and Warner Bros. have announced the forthcoming release of the Japanese-produced Halo Legends anthology set for February 16th. As previously reported the anthology features a series of short stories produced by Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., STUDIO 4C and Toei Animation. The release will consist of the standard single disc DVD a double-disc special [...]

Recently, Microsoft and Shueisha jointly announced the forthcoming launch of a new mobile manga service for Microsoft Windows Mobile based devices beginning in December via the recently launched Marketplace for Mobile application store currently compatible with devices running Windows Mobile 6.5 (compatibility with older devices running Windows Mobile 6.0/6.1 is said to be arriving later [...]

According to this explanation, Microsoft not only bans a modified Xbox 360 console from Xbox Live if it is found to be modified, the console manufacturer actively disables the hard drive and Windows Media Center functionality as a consequence of modifying the console. Read More for the full message being sent to Xbox 360 users [...]

Microsoft and Warner Brothers have announced the preview schedule for its Halo Legends anime adaptation, to be broadcast on the Halo Waypoint service on the Xbox 360 console starting tomorrow. Each episode will be followed by the companion making-of special detailing the production process for each episode with the list following below. * Introduction to [...]

Microsoft has announced the forthcoming launch of the “Halo Legends” multi-scenario anime project in a press release this morning. The project is helmed by Microsoft and newly created internal studio 343 Industries which will serve as the dedicated internal studio for the Halo multimedia franchise.  Five Japanese production studios are involved in individual story production [...]

Japanese retailer Messe Sandoh has been producing pamphlets for its customers showing off the merits of the Xbox 360 in Japan on behalf of Microsoft, making bullet-point comparisons that any video game enthusiast would know as familiar territiory by now, such as better versions of multiplatform games, lower initial console cost, superior online gaming platform, [...]