published in June 2011; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming, Home Cinema, Microsoft


Xbox 360 Metro UI - home

At E3, Microsoft announced another new dashboard update for the Xbox 360, as well as support for streaming live TV. The new look is the same Metro UI style as incorporated on Zune, WP7, and now Windows 8. Unfortunately, Media Center still only runs in its own UI and environment, which feels incredibly disjointed at [...]



asusdesign-teaser

It has emerged this week that the Asus TF101 (Transformer) is capable of using its USB host ports to let you use any gamepad for a spot of Android gaming. It really is as awesome as it sounds, the only downside being that this only works over USB – no BlueTooth support. Video after the [...]



published in May 2011; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cover art

Following up on the Modern Warfare 3 preview we got the other day, here’s some more good news for you gamers: Call of Duty: MW3 has become available for pre-order on the Tesco website. And don’t forget that Tesco is the company renowned for shipping pre-orders before the release date. Release date will be 8 [...]



Windows Phone 7 - "Mango" update

Leaked screenshots seem to reveal some fairly significant updates to WP7. The leaks suggest that the forthcoming update (codename ‘Mango’) will bring new features such as Facebook Chat, SkyDrive, and Office 365 integration; as well as enhanced features for Xbox Live and the games hub – including ‘Automatic Sync’.



Sony fixing PSN and Qriocity - live within a week?

_________ __ Nobody could blame you. Click the applicable image above to find out more about the recent security concerns.



Xbox Live service alert

Following the problems Sony are having with their PSN, everyone has a right to be jumpy, but Microsoft added to the chaos today by releasing a statement on their “Xbox Live status page” saying: Users may experience difficulties with the following services: Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern [...]



published in June 2010; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Microsoft


The 360 is not “slim”. But I said that in our first post about the new ‘box – so what else is new? Well, as you can see clearly here, in a picture from Engadget, it is no all that much shorter either. I’d call an inch, maybe plus a half  with the originals’ HDD. [...]



published in June 2010; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming, Microsoft


Some news from Microsoft to counteract all the recent hype that Apple have had. Microsoft announced the new version of the current Xbox 360, it shares the same name as the predecessor but is a slimmer, well smaller, version. It is covered in vents and is now shiny, black and more space-age or nerdy looking. [...]



published in May 2010; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming, Microsoft


Microsoft have confirmed what had already been on the Twittermill for months, and good ‘ol Wossy leaked a while back too. That is, Project Natal, MS answer to the Wii, and in my opinion a much better one than the Playstation Move (Athough in action it does look fantastic, check out Engadget’s exclusive hands-on) See [...]