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Microsoft Corp on Monday offered a glimpse into a future where the Xbox 360 console is the centerpiece of any living room, and games, social interaction and communications are controlled with the wave of a hand.

Microsoft Corp plans to boost social and entertainment features on its Xbox 360 gaming console by integrating music-streaming service last.fm, Web social network Facebook and microblogging site Twitter into its Xbox Live online community.

Millions of Xbox 360 owners in Britain and Ireland will be able to watch live programing such as Premier League soccer and movies following a deal with pay-TV group BSkyB.

Microsoft users that were trying to log into Xbox Live on Wednesday were greeted with an error message.

Microsoft is developing a video camera for the Xbox 360 games console that will allow players to control games through the movement of their bodies according to a report Tuesday from The Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will buy computer game designer BigPark Inc for an undisclosed amount, as it pushes its strategy of producing exclusive games for its Xbox entertainment system.

Overall U.S. video game sales fell 17 percent in March to $1.43 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, a revealing figure for an industry that had so far shown resilience in the economic downturn.

For the first time in 16 months, PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii and the Xbox 360 sales in March.

A new videogame company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a cloud-based gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time.

A new videogame company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a cloud-based gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time.

Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 260s in the U.S. in February was up 53 percent from the same month last year, giving the company its biggest non-holiday sales month sales apart from September 2007 when Halo 3 was launched, according NPD Group research firm.

Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday it plans to offer its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis.

Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday it plans to offer its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis. We're likely to do that in the foreseeable future, McCarthy said at the Jefferies 5th annual Internet and Media conference in New York. Netflix customers currently pay a fixed monthly subscription fee for access to the company's popular by-mail DVD servi...

Software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy Israel's 3DV Systems, a maker of three-dimensional video imaging, financial website TheMarker.com reported on Tuesday.

Microsoft is opening the doors of its Xbox LIVE to have a free access to Live Gold functionality for players of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.

Online shopping giant Amazon slashed their price of Xbox Live Gold subscription from $50 to $30 on Sunday.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 has become the least-expensive of all current generation game consoles following price cuts announced in Australia early Wednesday.

Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.

Players of the popular Grand Theft Auto video game series have always reveled in its unique blend of beatings, shootings and vehicular mayhem.

U.S. retail sales of video games soared by 57 percent to $1.7 billion in March led by Nintendo's games and systems.Video game hardware and software sales, in March, were $1.7 billion with Nint...

Greenpeace has again slammed Nintendo for not making public its policies on environmental waste.