If you are one of the older readers, you may remember cleaning your mouse. The procedure of opening it, taking the ball out and cleaning the wheels. Then came a time where this was obsolete, because Microsoft presented a new technology which scanned the surface with a LED. more...

For those of you who have wondered why developer Remedy isn't listed for this year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany: Don't despair. Your fear that Alan Wake has been cancelled since long without Remedy letting the gamers know about it is not justified, because this morning a very short update has been posted on the official forum. more...

As we have reported earlier, the fall update for the Xbox 360 doesn't only await the gamer with a completely overhauled dashboard. Among the most useful features is the option to copy any Xbox 360 game of your choice to your Xbox 360's HDD to reduce load times. Even though the dashboard update is going to be launched in fall, someone has already made a video of how GTA IV is installed to the Xbox 360's hard-drive disk. more...

"The Mole" told an Ars Technica editor (see the orginal news) that another round of price drops for Microsoft's gaming consoles is scheduled for early September 2008. more...

On their technology conference GameFest 2008 Microsoft announced today that the service Games for Windows LIVE (which they brought to life as an equivalent to the service XBox Live for the console XBox360) will from now on be free for all users. more...

UPDATE: Lombardi now revealed that Portal Still: Alive will only feature new levels from Portal: The Flash Version. This fan-created game and its user-generated levels can be played for free here. If you already own the Orange Box for the Xbox 360, then Portal: Still Alive might have lost some appeal now ...

Despite what we initially thought, Portal: Still Alive for Xbox Live Arcade will not continue the story-line around GlaDOS and you, its captured test subject. more...

Tick-tock, tick-tock. Time was ticking out, and the highly anticipated Bungie announcement soon to be viewed by tens of thousands of fans. But then: nothing. The announcement, without getting viewed by the public, was removed with an explanation that plans had been changed by Bungie's publisher Microsoft Game Studios. more...

Among the best surprises at the E3 2008 Microsoft Press Conference were the new changes to the Xbox 360 dashboard, and Xbox Live. Copy your games to the HDD to reduce load times? Check. Create your own personal Avatar so that your friends recognize you easier on Xbox Live? Check. Grab the full list of announced changes, coming straight from Major Nelson's blog, that is to affect the Xbox 360 Fall Update, below. more...

The Microsoft press event took place in a part of the L.A. Convention Centers' West Hall, in former days one of the two main halls of the E3. Don Mattrick, formerly of EA and since July 2007 boss of everything Xbox, Games for Windows and Live, started by saying that Xbox is the greatest, best, most successful et cetera. more...

Who would have thought that Square Enix would ever turn to Microsoft. But it's true: The E3 revealed that the Final Fantasy franchise will now makes its first debut on the Xbox 360 with Square's newest sequel Final Fantasy XIII. more...