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Five lots of bonus game content worth waiting for!

November 27, 2008, 4:00 pm by Ben Sillis Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Bethesda, Call of Duty, EA, Fallout 3, feature, Gaming, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto, GTA IV, LittleBigPlanet, Microsoft, playstation, PS3, Rockstar, Sony, spore, will wright, Xbox, Xbox 360

This month has probably been one of the best for gaming in, well, ever, what with Call Of Duty: World At War, Fallout 3 and Gears Of War 2 all wearing out reviewers’ 5-star stamps. But if you haven’t got the cash to splash, or post-apocalyptic shooters aren’t your thing, there’s plenty of extra mileage to be gained from the games already on your shelves. Bonus and downloadable content is the way forward, and these are the games you need to hold on to a little longer before popping them up on eBay.

Sling’s LiveTV goes live in Europe

November 27, 2008, 11:55 am by Ben Sillis Leave your comment

Filed under Web Tags: firefox, Freesat, internet, Microsoft, sky, sling, Sling Box, streaming, TV, video, virgin, Windows

Exclusive: We’ve just got word from Sling that its LiveTV service to watch your Sling Box via the web has opened up to European users, letting you watch your TV on any computer, without even installing SlingPlayer.
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Lunchtime lowdown: Xbox movies reinstated, Zune Phone rumours run wild, Samsung’s new smartphones

November 26, 2008, 12:27 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under News Tags: Microsoft, netflix, Samsung, Sony, Xbox, zune, zune phone

Look at the time! Stop working immediately, settle down with a sandwich and prime your eyes for a tech news influx. You’ve got all the morning’s best stories to catch up on!

Question of the day: Would you buy a Zune Phone over the iPhone?

November 26, 2008, 11:30 am by James Holland 8 comments

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: feature, Microsoft, QOTD, zune, zune phone

The cat’s out of the bag! If the latest rumours are to be believed, Microsoft will finally unveil its own-branded Zune phone at CES in January. But the big question is, would you choose a mobile from the Big M over the iPhone, an Android handset or even the BlackBerry Storm?

Sony movies reappear on Netflix through Xbox

November 26, 2008, 10:45 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Home Entertainment Tags: Microsoft, movie, netflix, NXE, Sony, Xbox

Remember the hoo-hah over Sony pulling most of its films from Netflix last week? Well it’s (almost) been reversed, with the majority now available again almost exactly a week later.

Zune Phone rumours resurface: It’s real, and code-named ‘Pink’

November 26, 2008, 10:14 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: danger, Microsoft, pink, Windows Mobile, zune, zune phone

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer might’ve rubbished rumours of a Zune Phone, but the tittle-tattle just won’t die. Now we hear it’s in development, code-named ‘Pink’.

Xbox 360 festival promises tons of downloadable goodies

November 25, 2008, 4:29 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: download, Microsoft, Xbox, xtival

Hot on the heels of its brand new interface, Xbox is getting its own festival. Well, an Xtival, actually. It’s a 72 hour marathon of exclusive games, music and movie content delivered straight to the console.

Microsoft to make first foray onto smartphone stage

November 25, 2008, 3:10 pm by Phil Stone Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: Microsoft, Smartphone, Tegra

Microsoft will allegedly announce its entry into the smartphone arena early next year with an iPhone rival built around NVIDIA’s new system-on-a-chip (SoC) for small form factor mobile devices, according to a report.
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