Xbox

What’s Up With Xbox 360 As Cable Box, Virtual Game Room, Game Show Host?

Microsoft has a lot they want to talk about at this Consumer Electronics Show: Their big Kinect sales numbers, the future of that tech, their new phone. But they also have a few things they’re not keen to discuss.


January 7, 2011
Mobile

Hands On With Game Room For Windows Phone 7

Microsoft is bringing its Game Room retro collection to the Windows Phone 7, starting with Centipede, Asteroids Deluxe and Shao-Lin Road. What does Game Room gaming look like on a mobile phone? Let’s take a look.


November 26, 2010
News

Will The Bell Ring Before Food Fight?

Enthusiasm for Microsoft’s Game Room, to be polite, well, plateaued soon after its debut earlier in the year. It’d be a shame if its 12th update is the last, because hackers say one of the best early-1980s arcade games is due to hit.


May 20, 2010
News

Fourth Pack For Xbox Live Game Room Is Now Available

Konami’s Time Pilot headlines the latest Game Pack release for the Xbox Live Game Room, which just went live today. It’s joined by Asteroids, Space Duel, and four other Intellivision and Atari 2600 titles.


May 4, 2010
News

Consider This Further Notice: Game Room Back On Schedule

After a brief delay (and scary sounding update) in the flow of updates to Microsoft’s Game Room virtual arcade for Xbox 360 and Games For Windows, things appear to be officially hunky-dory.


April 29, 2010
News

No New Titles For Game Room Until Further Notice

According to a tweet from Microsoft European Xbox Live editor, the next round of content for Microsoft’s virtual arcade Game Room has been delayed “until further notice”.


March 30, 2010
News

No New Titles For Game Room Until Late April

New games will be added to the Xbox Live Game Room on a weekly basis – but those updates won’t begin until late April, according to a community manager in an official forum.


An Arcade In Every Home

I just got an arcade in my basement. It’s two floors of rooms, some themed to my favourite game makers, others made to look like a dungeon castle, a Western theme and even a room straight out of the ’80s.


March 26, 2010

Resource File Might Hint At Future Plans For Xbox Game Room

Someone picked apart the resource file for the Microsoft Game Room – the PC version of the Xbox Game Room that launched this week – and found a curious Star Wars image that doesn’t seem to fit anything.


March 25, 2010
News

A Virtual Tour Of Xbox 360′s Virtual Game Room

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The retro-friendly Game Room hit the Xbox 360 early this morning somewhat out of whack, not allowing gamers to actually enter the arcade.