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So you’re not a big football fan, and don’t care about the Super Bowl’s commercials? Not to worry, Microsoft and Xbox have you in mind, and want you to have a wonderful weekend regardless of your sports preferences . How are they doing this? Well they’ve unlocked Netflix for all Xbox …

Game Info Developer: 343 Industries Publisher: Microsoft Studios Platform: Xbox 360 Review Copy Provided By: Microsoft Studios Release Date: December 10, 2012 Review The first multiplayer map pack for Halo 4 has arrived. The Crimson Map Pack features a new game mode called Extraction along 3 new maps: Harvest, Shatter, and …

I was an early adopter of Windows Phone 7 and picked up the Dell Venue Pro as soon as Dell had it available about 2 months after WP7’s release. I was super hyped prior to getting the phone but became disappointed quickly after a couple of days use. The hardware was buggy, the camera took horrible pictures, and of course there were hardly any good apps. I was jealous of my Android and Apple compatriots. The only saving grace for me with the phone was the ability to get achievements on my Xbox gamertag. So why did I double down and pick up a Nokia Lumia 920 with the new Windows Phone 8 OS? I dug the hardware specs, liked the love Nokia was getting for previous Lumias, and I can still get achievements for my gamertag. The price also didn’t hurt as AT&T is offering the phone for $99 on contract and came with a $50 wireless charger. Unlike my disappointment with my last phone, I am still in love a week in with the 920 and I am going to tell you why.

So, you live in a cave and haven’t yet seen any of the five part live-action Halo 4 “Forward Unto Dawn” series? Rest assured, we’ve got all five parts compiled below so you can watch them all in one place before Halo 4 releases next week. PART ONE PART TWO PART …

If music makes the people come together, as Madonna says, the new Xbox Music gives people all the music they love, every way they want it. Xbox Music, Microsoft’s new all-in-one music service, specially designed to let users listen to music in exactly the way they want, begins rolling out …

Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is working with Kinect for Xbox 360 on a program called the “60 Million Minutes Challenge,” which encourages kids to be active for 60 minutes each day. If Xbox gets to one million kids pledging to do so, it will result in …

Earlier this year Microsoft announced that Xbox is coming to Windows 8. Now, Xbox is pleased to announce support from Microsoft Studios, Rovio, Miniclip, Gameloft, ZeptoLab, Glu Mobile, Halfbrick Studios, and others to bring high quality Xbox games to Windows 8. The first wave of games will bring you many …

To vamp up their games for the new Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10, Atari and Microsoft have powered up to create Atari Arcade. Atari Arcade is a browser version of classic Atari games that were rebuilt using HTML5 to showcase its speed and reliability. Here’s a trailer on the new …

We don’t really have any swanky puns to use, we just want to have another giveaway so here we are. 1600 glorious Microsoft Points sit in front of us, but we’re not worthy enough to redeem them on our own accounts. We need a true gamer, one who will not …

Still one of the few who hasn’t yet jumped onto the Kinect bandwagon? If so, the time you may have been waiting for is here (or will be soon if you’re outside of the US). According to Major Nelson, Xbox LIVE’s Director of Programming, the Kinect’s price has been permanently lowered in …