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Xbox 360 owners who haven’t yet had the privilege of hijacking random city dwellers, breaking into movie production studios and kidnapping housewives for personal gain are in for treat. Microsoft has slashed the price of Grand Theft Auto V and
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week for February 4th: GTA V and Lococycle
This week in The Favs: Giant fans of products can be scary, and Microsoft should stop innovating.
The Favs – February 2nd: Fanboys and Potential Microsoft Foolishness
Watching documentaries on a Saturday night is always a risk. What if the documentaries doesn't explore the subject in a meaningful way? What if that subject -- especially if the director is simply trying to capitalize on a hot topic -- isn't necessarily painting a realistic portrayal of the situation in question? I had both of those fears going into a showing of the new Netflix documentary Mitt.
As is now customary at the end of the month, Microsoft has announced that subscribers to its Xbox Live Gold service will get two free digital downloads during February as a part of Xbox Live Games With Gold. Unfortunately, it didn't share any information about when the promotion will begin including titles for its now current-generation Xbox One console.
Xbox 360 Owners With Xbox Live to Get Dead Island For Free, Xbox One Owners Zilch
Xbox One owners may have had a little too much time to get acquainted with Halo: Spartan Assault. As such, when Xbox 360 owners are able to get their hands on a copy today they might want to go in with caution.
Are you a Windows Phone user waiting on the mobile platform’s native version of the Beats Music app and subscription music service? Rejoice because it’s here.
According to most reports, the app finally became available in the Windows Phone Store earlier this
Now new reports from The Verge indicate that Microsoft is preparing to turn off the Start Screen by default in the next major update to Windows 8.
I’ll be frank. Doing so wouldn’t just be clueless. It’d be downright suicide.
Microsoft, Give In Already and Become Irrelevant So We Can All Move On
Rdio & Shazam Team Up To Offer Users Streamlined Music Discovery
Things just got a bit more interesting for users who are waiting to get their hands on the next edition in the Gears of War shooter franchise. Microsoft has announced that it's purchased the rights to the entire franchise and leaving it in the hands of one of its Canada-based game development studios.
A casual entertainment news watcher might think that Black Sails, what's very clearly a move to capture the wonder and awe that is pirates and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag in an episodic adventure, would blow up in its network's face. After all, nothing makes a show more unappealing then being ripped from other popular mediums, right?
Well, turns out that's wrong. Starz the cable network that airs Black Sails says that the show's début was its biggest ever.