Microsoft slashes XBox prices by 19% to Rs 12,990

Last Updated: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:51

For the quarter ended December 31, 2014, Microsoft sold 6.6 million XBox units, with strong holiday season performance.

Sony`s PlayStation offline, Microsoft`s Xbox restored

Last Updated: Saturday, December 27, 2014, 10:32

Microsoft`s online network for its Xbox gaming console was restored to nearly full service Friday after an allegedly coordinated Christmas Day hack brought it and Sony`s PlayStation network down.

Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox websites hit by delays

Last Updated: Friday, December 26, 2014, 10:09

Microsoft Corp`s Xbox Live and Sony Corp`s PlayStation Networks experienced user connection problems on Christmas Day, for which a hacker group claimed responsibility.

Sony PlayStation 4 China sales to begin January 11

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 17:22

This marks PlayStation`s official entry into China, the world`s third-largest gaming market, after Beijing lifted a 14-year ban on foreign gaming consoles earlier this year. Microsoft Corp launched its Xbox in China in September.

Microsoft to unveil detailed consumer features of Windows 10 in January, 2015

Last Updated: Saturday, November 29, 2014, 13:03

Windows 10 is designed to operate across multiple devices including tablets, PCs and Xbox One.

`Gears of War` will stay in Xbox arsenal

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 02:48

Microsoft and rival Sony in November released new-generation videogame consoles, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 respectively, and the battle for devotees includes exclusive games.

`Computer game babe` Lara Croft`s back with a bang

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 14:00

A new version of classic computer game babe Lara Croft`s latest adventure is set to be launched on "next gen" consoles.

Microsoft secretly paying YouTube personalities for 'positive' Xbox One promotion

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 21:20

The software maker is believed to have paid out three dollars per thousand views to these personalities, including one popular games platform Machinima.

PS4 and Xbox One fuel US videogame industry sales

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 06:27

NPD Group reported Thursday that new consoles from Sony and Microsoft powered a winning holiday season for the videogame industry in the United States.

Xbox One sales top 3 million, no new Sony data

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 00:07

Microsoft Corp said on Monday that sales of its new Xbox One game console topped three million at the end of last year after launching in November.

PS4 sells 160, 000 more gaming consoles than Xbox One since launch

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 20:40

Xbox One managed to shift 364,000 consoles during the same period.

India fourth most vulnerable to cyber attacks on gamers in 2013

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 10:49

India is among the four countries that faced the highest number of cyber attacks aimed at gamers in 2013, security solutions provider Kaspersky Lab said.