Microsoft fires whistleblowing employee
Microsoft has sacked games tester Robert Delaware for speaking publicly about Xbox 360 hardware failures. Delaware's comments were published in an article by Dean Takahashi on Venturebeat... Xbox 360 failure fiasco explained in-depth
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26580495 Sony platforms dominated EA fiscal Q4 2008 sales
Electronic Arts has revealed in its Q4 2008 fiscal numbers that game sales for Sony platforms far outweighed its rivals across the three months, with the PlayStation 2 leading the way on 166... Microsoft and Yahoo rejected Steam, says Valve
GamesIndustry.biz has learnt that Valve approached Microsoft and Yahoo - among others - to build Steam before deciding to develop it themselves. Speaking in an interview,... Portal was offered to XBLA, but rejected
GamesIndustry.biz has learnt that Valve... Report: Sony was top rated game publisher in 2007
Summary: According to a new report released on Tuesday, Nintendo trailed Sony last year in terms of the highest rated games, followed by Capcom, Lucas Arts, Atlus, EA, and Microsoft.... Irish gaming site ceases Xbox 360 coverage for faulty hardware
Summary:An unknown gaming site from Ireland takes a stand against Xbox 360, saying it will no longer cover the console due to its infamous reliability, namely the dreaded Red Ring of Death.... Red Ring of Death strikes GDC 08 machine
Demo Xbox 360 dies from the infamous three red lights One of Microsoft's demonstration Xbox 360 consoles has succumbed, rather publicly, to the infamous 'Red Ring of Death' in the... Report claims 360 failure rate over 16 per cent
"It is reasonable to believe these rates will increase over time" - SquareTrade SquareTrade, a firm that specialises in electronics warranties, has found that of a sample of 1000... Heavenly Sword in-game audio exceeds 10 GB
Summary: Sony's upcoming Heavenly Sword contains 10 GB of in-game audio, According to Develop Magazine, arguably making it the largest amount of audio on a single game disc.... Microsoft readies 'hard drive only' Xbox 360 games
Summary: Microsoft announced on Monday that it would soon allow MMO developers to require hard drive space when playing games on Xbox 360 despite the console maker's previous denial of such... Developer sharing the PS3 love for better games
Summary: Long-time PlayStation developer Insomniac Games publicly shares its development files on the Internet with the hopes of improving the number and quality of PS3 games made by the... PluggedIn: Vista's growing pains leave room for XP
By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - David Daoud ran into trouble... Xbox 360 failure rate at 33%, least reliable gaming console in recent history
Summary: Anecdotal evidence suggests the Xbox 360 failure rate may be as high as one in every three machines according to retailers. Full text:... Goodbye rating system
R.I.P. GameSpot's pre-mid-2007 review & .1 increment point rating system.