Xbox 360 exclusive “psychological thriller” was launched in India at an event which took place at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place, Delhi. At the launch, Jaspreet Bindra, Regional Director, E&D Division, Microsoft India, talked about the appropriateness of launching the game in a bookstore. Bindra spoke of being a reader who became a gamer, [...]
It’s been a heavily hectic year, and there’s been so much news at the year’s end that a few things slip by without due record, but we were just cleaning up the loose ends here and noticed something we had let slip by. Well, rectifying past wrongs, here it is: early this month, Microsoft announced [...]
With the recent RRoD (Red Ring of Death) court case in Sacramento still dogging Microsoft, the last thing the Windows behemoth needed was another controversy. That too, one that could span a nation-wide outrage. Nonetheless, along a controversy has come and span an entire nation – a super power – it has. The “Genuine Windows [...]
Microsoft won’t be releasing Fallout 3 around these parts. The reason? They are afraid some parts of the game aren’t very much suited to ‘Indian sensibilities’. …in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we have made the business decision to not bring Fallout 3 into the country (source). Over at GamePolitics it was suggested that [...]
Microsoft has been hit with a lawsuit over its infamous Red Ring of Death hardware malfunction. The case has been filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court under California’s consumer protection guidelines. This comes following Robert Delaware’s report of MS being aware of the defects before 360 production but choosing to keep mum lest this [...]
by gSathe At the Human Weapon Gaming Night organised by The History Channel on Friday, September 26th, Microsoft India’s Retail Services Manager Rahul Datta was also present as various 360 games were being used to promote the event. While there, he spoke to members of the gaming press, and talked about the holiday bundle and [...]
For the honest doubts this post raised, read the update here. At a recent event held in Delhi, Microsoft revealed some very interesting pieces of information. For one thing, most sites have posted conspiracies and possible shots of what appeared as the console’s slim version; Engadget received a tip as far back as May concerning [...]
Whether he was ex-head of the Xbox or ex-head of Sega of America (when the Dreamcast was going the way of the Titanic), Peter Moore still retains his wonderful penchant for entertaining interview pieces. Moore has often been described as performing “more spinning than a top” and over-confident, at times even arrogant, but when he [...]
As most gamers are aware of, the Red Ring of Death (a hardware malfunction that indicates your 360 hardware is close to failing by an illuminated red ring over the power button) is no laughing matter. Microsoft has provided adequate compensation for this, taking such means as increasing system warranty from 1 year to 3 [...]
Random denial gets people nowhere in life. Take Randy Pitchford for instance. When asked whether his next project was in any way related to Microsoft’s epic saga “Halo”, he vehemently denied any possible connection with the project. However a recent sighting of job postings at Gamasutra spells this denunciation rather different light. They reinforce the [...]
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