It turns out that Xbox – short for DirectX Box – is the least-weird name Microsoft had up its sleeve 12 years ago. Republishing an article from the lost print-only archives of 2003, Edge Online spoke to Seamus Blackley, one of the original minds behind the first Xbox. In the interview, Blackley talked about the process of choosing the name itself and some of the insane names the so-...
Today is the day! Today is the day that we’ll, hopefully, have something else to call the new Xbox that’s much better than Xbox 720. I’ll be able to sleep at night, folks. In celebration of my hotly anticipated slumber, I’ve decided it’s high time to make some last minute predictions about what we’ll see during today’s presentation. If I were John Madden, this would be the part where...
As this generation of consoles slowly draws to a close, we’ve decided to recount some of our favorite exclusive titles from each platform. Over the next three weeks, we’ll be doing just that with these top 10 lists. First up is the Xbox 360. There is one thing that we, as a pair, noticed when it comes to the exclusivity of Xbox 360 games… it doesn’t last forever. There were a lot of...
Under the guidance of Nintendo, Rare Inc. found itself on quite a roll for nearly a decade before Microsoft stepped in. Reinventing iconic characters like Donkey Kong, popularizing first-person shooters on the consoles, and being the most prolific developer for the Nintendo 64 besides Nintendo themselves. Nothing seemed impossible for the talented British development team. One other...
Some of the rumors on the Internets are easier to vet than others. You can tell it's shopped because of the pixels, the claim is completely outrageous, or maybe a PR person is nice enough to come out and say something. Digital Foundry, though, dug up a weird one. A post appeared on the AssemblerGames forums advertising a Durango devkit for the low-low price of $10,000. The Durango is...
The Windows Phone 8 SDK recently leaked and a group of tinkerers have uncovered several new features that Microsoft didn't mention during the Windows Phone 8 announcement last month. A stockpile of screenshots courtesy of the folks at WP7.hu provide an in-depth look at what we can expect to see this fall when the new operating system is released. Microsoft already said that its latest...
During this Independence Day, take a quick break from your apple pie and fireworks, and let Japanese game developer FromSoftware tap into your subconscious nationalistic tendencies like you've never experienced before. This is Metal Wolf Chaos, 8 minutes of the most mind-boggling American patriotism you will ever find on the Internet. America has fallen into chaos after Vice President...
Who needs a stage like E3 when you have the Internet? The annual event may have come and gone without a mention from Microsoft about the next Xbox, but that doesn't mean we won't find out what the company is up to. A massive document has leaked online, detailing the company's grand plans for its Xbox 720. Yes, that's apparently what Microsoft is calling its next console, and it's coming...
Mojang and 4J Studios, if you didn't already know, have been working on porting the indie sensation known as Minecraft to the Xbox 360 since before last year's E3 convention. 4J Studios has been in charge of bringing the port to the console, while Mojang has stood in a supervisory role. Minecraft will be available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on May 9 and cost 1600 Microsoft Points....
The state of serious gaming involves two kinds of players: PC and Console. Despite the widespread adoption of mobile gaming, I’m still hesitate to involve any association of depth with it. Regardless of the popularity of smartphones and tablets, the games remain gimmicky, and the gameplay superficial by the reluctance to stray from the touch-screen. However, there is hope for the mobile...