Umm, better late than never I guess? A friend of mine asked for a list of my Xbox 360 recommendations along the lines of my very personal PlayStation Store picks from 2021. So I had a look back at my Xbox history early yesterday morning as I was sitting in a hospital bed recovering once
Tag: Xbox Game Studios
“Microsoft Studios (2019: known as Xbox Game Studios) is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Games for Windows, Steam, Windows Store, and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the already released Xbox, before being re-branded in 2011. The subsidiary had also been known as Microsoft Game Division and simply Microsoft Games before 2002. Microsoft Studios develops and publishes games in conjunction with first and third party development studios under their publishing label.”
The final Xbox 360 price reduction update underwhelms, but hey, there’s hoodies [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 07/24/24] Thanks to everyone in the comments for pointing out some last minute additions and freebies that I forgot they gave away years ago! Have the links again anyways [UPDATE 07/18/24] Although they promised no more updates they did come back to yank one more game from the list: BLACK is no longer on
Another look at the Xbox 360’s soon-to-be-lost exclusives
Randomised Gaming Riven is back with another look at the Xbox 360 Marketplace as we are now just two weeks away from the announced closure of the service. The 70-minute video opens with another round of updates detailing issues and sticking points from Riven and his community before spending around a minute each on nearly
90 more discounted Xbox 360 titles added ahead of Marketplace shut down [UPDATE 3: MORE Sales Up!]
[UPDATE 07/12/24] The Xbox Wire page was updated on July 10th with a correction that “we removed Space Invaders Infinity Gene from the lists below. It was incorrectly included”. It was updated again on July 12th with another correction “we removed Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 from the lists below — it was included in error”.
Forza Horizon 4 to be delisted on December 15th, DLC removed today, Festival Playlist changes detailed
Playground Games and Xbox Studios made a surprising but not entirely unexpected announcement earlier today detailing their plans to remove Forza Horizon 4 from sale on Xbox and Steam, and from Xbox Game Pass this winter on December 15th. While these kinds of announcements for the series have become commonplace, what caught players by surprise
Another warning about Xbox 360 Marketplace content as we prepare for Round Two of discounts
As we are on the eve of Microsoft’s next promised round of Xbox 360 discounts I thought this video by Randomised Gaming could serve as yet another warning if you’re out there trying to scoop up games and content. Their latest on the topic centers around Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show which is one
Redfall to receive previously canned “offline” update after all
As if the studio closures that Microsoft announced at the beginning of the month weren’t bad enough, the news that Redfall would barely miss a final expansion that would bring long-promised single-player features just felt like an extra layer of disappointment. Although Arkane Austin is still being shut down the game’s social media accounts did
Those mysterious Xbox 360 discounts are actually permanent price reductions, and more are incoming!
Good news on those surprise Xbox 360 sales we reported on yesterday, they aren’t a glitch. The Xbox Wire news feed was updated on Tuesday with a post formally announcing the discounts that eagle-eyed readers had spotted days earlier. And best of all, these discounted prices aren’t temporary: Microsoft has been working with publishers to
Redfall poised for a shorter lifespan as Xbox announces closure of four former Bethesda studios
An email sent to the staff of several Bethesda studios by Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios and shown to IGN today, has confirmed the closure and reorganization of the studios and signaled a shorter future for a 2023 release. The major news for the purposes of this site relates to Arkane Austin, creators
New video reveals how bad the Xbox 360 Marketplace has become leading up to its July 29th demise
It’s not a big secret that the Xbox 360 Marketplace hasn’t been well supported for probably close to a decade now. Even with that in mind Randomised Gaming’s latest look at the storefront and its purchasing perils is still quite revealing. Riven outlines over a dozen points of conflict where games, content, and even your
Xbox 360 Marketplace Resources
While the closure of the Xbox 360 Marketplace is still a ways off, there’s no reason to wait if you’re planning on doing some farewell shopping. Delistings are expected over the coming months as publishers wrap up their support of the platforms and the longer we wait, the more likely we are to miss something