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Germany Bans Xbox, Windows 7

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:07:56 CDT

If you live in Germany and you like Microsoft products, you may want to stock up: A court ordered today that Microsoft remove Xbox 360 and Windows 7 from shelves, after ruling that Microsoft had infringed on Motorola Mobility's patents. But nothing will be pulled yet, Microsoft says, because it...

Your Next Cable Box: Xbox Live

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:30:42 CST

The latest competition aiming to replace your cable box: Xbox Live. Microsoft is ramping up its online entertainment service starting tomorrow, allowing subscribers to watch a variety of television from their Xbox 360. In addition, rather than the tedious process of using a remote control to search for shows listed...

Disabled Gamers: Industry Ignoring Us

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:38:16 CDT

Chuck Bittner has limited use of his arms because of quadriplegia, and yet he's an accomplished gamer. Or at least he is on the relatively few titles with accessibility features that allow controls to be reconfigured for players like him, reports Wired . On Brink , for example, he can tweak the...

Want Hot Halo Opponent? Try Gamecrush

Will McCahill — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:00:00 CDT

Male online gamers surely fantasize that one of their opponents is a good-looking female, and one Web site is looking to capitalize, making it happen in exchange for dough. Gamecrush can set you up with a PlayDate whose profile you find sexy, er, interesting, and $10 gets you about 10...

Mom Calls Cops on Grand Theft Auto -Addled Teen

Nick McMaster — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:00 CST

A Boston teen's excessive video game playing caused his mom to call 911 this weekend. Angela Mejia awoke at 2:30am to find her son still playing Grand Theft Auto IV, so she unplugged his PlayStation. "I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way," lamented the...

Gaming Causes Joint Pain in Kids: Study

Nick McMaster — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:04:13 CDT

The repetitive motions involved in playing video games cause joint pain in children, according to a new study by a true expert—an 11-year-old gamer. Deniz Ince, with the help of his rheumatologist dad, studied joint pain among his fellow video game enthusiasts, aged 7 to 12. More than an...

X-Box Signed by Sarah Palin on EBay for $1.1M

Kevin Spak — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:08 CDT

In what can only be described as the deal of the century, eBay user dmorrill321, aka David Morrill, is currently selling an actual “60GB, perfect-condition” X-Box 360, signed by actual unemployed person Sarah Palin, for the low-low opening bid of $1,100,000—plus shipping and handling. It’s actually Morrill’s...

Twitter and Facebook Come to Xbox 360

Drew Nelles — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:01 CDT

In a bid to make its Xbox 360 more interactive, Microsoft is bringing Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, a lightning-speed video service, and—brace yourself—a motion-sensing camera that knows who you are just by reading your face to the console, Ars Technica reports. The company even brought in Steven Spielberg...

GTA IV Rides Again in Lost and the Damned

Rob Quinn — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:22:34 CST

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned brings gamers back to a Liberty City as gritty and darkly funny as ever, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times . The add-on episode, only available as a download through the Xbox Live service, swiftly ditches GTA IV 's protagonist...