Shortly after the unveiling of Halo 4′s cover art, 343 Industries went ahead and detailed what we can expect from the Limited Edition of the game. First off, the design looks great. When it comes to limited editions I’ve always felt that steelbooks are the way to go. The stainless steel-looking design with the UNSC

Achievements for an Xbox LIVE Windows Phone version of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy have surfaced online, which suggests that the game could be coming to Microsoft’s mobile platform soon. It’s unknown if this will be a port of an existing iOS version of the game — Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy Tactics: The

Minecraft is doing pretty well on the Xbox 360. Okay, check that, Minecraft is doing exceptionally well. The quick, official news comes to us by way of Xbox’s Major Nelson. As he reported on his blog, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition ”has broken all previous Xbox LIVE Arcade digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first

Don’t like the idea of finding hundreds of dollars to pay for an Xbox 360 up-front? Well, how about getting one on subscription? That’s right — you can now purchase an Xbox 360 on a two-year subscription deal for just $99 up-front. The 4GB console comes bundled with a Kinect sensor and two years of

A small part of the allure for Minecraft is the game’s immense size. For the PC platform, it’s practically infinite. The world is procedurally generated, so unexplored lands build as you explore them. You can basically walk out into one direction forever and see the world grow as you move. Walk too far, however, and things get sloppy.

Minecraft for the Xbox 360 will officially launch this week. In case you’ve been wondering what some of the in-game goodness will look like, we’ve decided to record a few minutes worth of footage for your enjoyment.

If you’re into watching press conferences for major companies by way of video rather than liveblog, Microsoft has announced how its E3 show will be available for those online this June. As the headline suggests, gamers will be able to watch it via Xbox LIVE or Spike TV. The news comes by way of Major

Windows Phone’s gaming division may carry the Xbox Live name, but Microsoft’s mobile gaming experience has been far removed from the competitive nature of its popular console and PC offerings. In an effort to change this, Namco Bandai will soon be releasing Pac-Man Kart Rally, Windows Phone’s first Xbox Live game to offer multiplayer over a local Wi-Fi network

We’ve seen some pretty awesome limited edition Xbox 360s over the years. This isn’t one of them. Dubbed the ‘Xbox 360 Celebration Pack’, this particular console is plastered in a big, bright Union Jack, and comes with plenty of extras for £249.99 (approx. $405). The bundle is set to make its debut on May 25,

If there is one thing that’s certain in this world it’s that advertising is everywhere. We’re being sold on products through our computers, phones, TVs, radios, even our food. Microsoft plans to add to the madness by adding 15-30 second advertisements to their TV and video apps. Ross Honey, Xbox LIVE’s Entertainment and Advertising manager had this to

Imagine playing the parts of four instruments at once in what appears to be a typical Rock Band setup, only you’re using a normal game controller and you’re doing it by yourself. That’s Rock Band Blitz, the downloadable title announced by Harmonix earlier today. The announcement trailer above gives some indication of how the game will

It appears that the next DLC for Batman: Arkham City might consist of campaign elements based around Harley Quinn as players take on the role of Robin. The information comes from a leaked set of trophies as picked up by the folks at PS3Trophies.org. Included in the set of trophies is one entitled: A Few New

Yesterday, HBO and Microsoft brought the HBO Go app to the Xbox 360. We did a video tour of the application in action (as you see above). I’m a Comcast subscriber. I wanted to add HBO Go to my Xbox 360. You saw that happen in the video itself. You also saw that I had

Microsoft has been working hard in recent months to turn its Xbox 360 into more than just a game console. In the U.K., the company has been introducing entertainment services like Channel 4, Channel 5, Netflix, Lovefilm, and Sky Player. And from today, Brits will finally have access to BBC iPlayer. The BBC’s popular catchup

Microsoft has been working overtime to turn the Xbox 360 into more than just a games console in recent months, with the introduction of entertainment services like YouTube, Dailymotion, VUDU, and more. But is hasn’t quite finished just yet. From today, Xbox 360 owners in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland, will have access to

For the last year or so, Microsoft has been trying to brand their Xbox 360 as a great solution to watching television and movies (while not gaming, of course). Part of that appeal was the planned coming of HBO Go, the premium channel’s exclusive content streaming offering. While we knew that HBO Go would eventually

If you’re an Xbox 360 gamer with a Silver account on Xbox LIVE, you now have a brand new reason to download the demo for Mass Effect 3. This demo includes with it a glimpse into both the single player campaign and the multiplayer side of the game. Normally, Silver members wouldn’t be able to

One brand new rumor has it that gamers and Microsoft platform users will soon be able to skip the process of buying Points before buying virtual goods. According to Inside Mobile Apps and, apparently, a few unidentified developers, Microsoft is set to eliminate the Microsoft Points system before the finish of 2012. The company will introduce

The trailer above is for this year’s Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party. Between all the scenes of super cool people walking and dancing in slow-motion are some gameplay clips for the titles to be featured during the sale. Much like the Summer of Arcade, the House Party stands as a launch platform for some of

EA has announced a brand new content sale for a good bit of their digital goods available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. A select batch of the publisher’s products has been discounted up to and around 50% off. The sale has already begun and will last until Monday, January 9th, 2012. Here’s all of what

Gaming sales have been nuts this year. We’ve only posted a sampling of the absurd offers being put up across all sorts of networks and on just about every platform imaginable. Now, we bring yet another entry from Microsoft and Major Nelson. Today’s deal for the Xbox 360′s “12 Days of Xbox” applies to the

Following the launch of its new Xbox dashboard earlier this month, Microsoft has issued another update to the Xbox LIVE service, introducing eight new video channels to those in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States. Users in the U.S. will now be able to access channels such as Dailymotion, VUDU, and UFC; while those

Bastion, one of the best indie downloadable titles released throughout 2011, will be the first game in this year’s 12 Days of Xbox holiday sale. Starting today, and ending today, gamers will be able to hop online and land Supergiant Games’ Bastion for 600 Points ($7.50). The normal price of the game is 1200 Points ($15).

Welcome to this brand-spankin’-new TechnoBuffalo feature we’re going to try and run once every week. We’ve got ourselves an outstanding, talkative community and we’re looking to harness that and spur it along with a weekly debate topic. So, every Friday, I’ll toss up a debatable challenge, you folks will vote and discuss. I’ll also be

Our own Killian Bell wrote up a story for the iOS variety of the Xbox LIVE App yesterday. There, he specifically called the app “fantastic,” and he even suggest its design had him wanting a Windows Phone even more. As you can see in the video clip above, Windows Phone users will be able to land an