Smite Xbox servers down for hot-fix maintenance

Smite Xbox servers down for hot-fix maintenance

The latest Smite server status shows that there is a scheduled maintenance underway right now, and will affect Xbox users. This new maintenance happening today July 30 is for a scheduled hot-fix for Smite on the Xbox One, there is now limited access for users as of 6:30am. But the actual Smite … [Read more...]

Lizard Squad vs. The Finest with Twitter comeback

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The Lizard Squad’s Twitter account @LiazrdPatrol has been suspended and taken offline. According to a tweet, gamers will be able to thank ‘The Finest Squad’ (@FinestSquad) for taking them down. The Finest tweeted, “We have successfully removed LizardSquad from Twitter. Your Welcome fellow gamers. … [Read more...]

Twitter shows PS4 popularity after Xbox One reveal

Twitter shows PS4 popularity after Xbox One reveal

Microsoft and Sony are the two big names when it comes to building gaming consoles, and even after the Xbox One reveal it seems the PS4 wins in the popularity corner. Over on GameSpot they started a new “Tweet Your Allegiance Now” poll by using hashtags GameSpotXbox and GameSpotPS4 and all users … [Read more...]

Xbox 720 carries on consoles 10 year reign

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Break out the cake and candles, as Microsoft’s console king celebrates its 10th birthday, and what a journey its been for the main rival to Sony’s PlayStation. It was back in 2001 when the Nintendo 64 and PS2 had the gaming market in their pockets, this was all about to end though with Microsoft’s … [Read more...]

Sony Not Just Targeted: UK Gaming “Codemasters” Hacked

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Are you like us wondering when the constant attacks from hackers will stop. Ok its not a new thing, but since April 20th when the Sony PSN went down, we have heard more on Sony being targeted with its Pictures service, Microsoft, Nintendo, Citigroup and so on. … [Read more...]

Sony PSN More “Excessive” Delays Expected: Xbox Now Option?

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Sony's PlayStation Secure Network has been down since Wednesday 20th April, with many of you left feeling disappointed and angry in relation to how the electronics company have dealt with the situation and so on. Since the outage began, we have done our best to update you as and when the news comes … [Read more...]

Microsoft Kinect performance: Dashboard update possible

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The Microsoft Xbox Kinect gaming system has hit huge success since its recent release despite somewhat mixed reviews and recently we posted on how in a recent holiday gifting trend report on electronic gifts for 2010 it was the third most popular gift behind the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad. We … [Read more...]

3D Xbox Kinect Camera: Mod

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Not only has the 3D Xbox Kinect Camera already been hacked but now it has now been turned into a 3D video camera. How cool is that?! It makes you wonder what these people do for a living that they can hack into things so quickly, where do they find the time … [Read more...]

Microsoft add more WP7 features and massive social changes to Xbox.com

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You may have noticed some big changes to Microsoft's Xbox.com website today as they look to revamp themselves for the benefits of the Windows Phone 7, Kinect and social interaction. … [Read more...]

Co-Creator Of Xbox Joins Bebo

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Co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox “Kevin Bachus”, has now joined Bebo as new Chief Product Officer. Coincidently just 3 months ago, AOL sold Bebo to Criterion Capital Partners at a ridiculous price. Bachus has had a varied career which started with “Windows” software and game developer “Mindscape” … [Read more...]

Xbox 360 Support: Relies on Twitter for outage

When new games gets released it is inevitable that support teams become overwhelmed, Microsoft’s Xbox team is no strangers to this and has come under intense pressure from Xbox 360 users. The support team knows that they need to keep the service running smooth in order to keep users happy – so has … [Read more...]