Xbox

Black Ops Finally Surrenders Top Slot On Xbox Live—to Modern Warfare 3

Fending off challenges from Gears of War 3 and Battlefield 3 during their launch weeks, Call of Duty: Black Ops at last met its match this past week — in its successor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.


November 10, 2011
PC

Battlefield 3 Still Can’t Dethrone Black Ops

The latest Xbox Live activity list — the first covering a full week of Battlefield 3 availability — shows that more people are still playing 2010′s Call of Duty: Black Ops online. BF3 is second, then Modern Warfare 2, then Gears of War 3.


August 27, 2011
News

Look What They’re Selling In The Halo Store And Who’s Helping

In the middle of Halofest here in Seattle there stands a Halo. They call it the Halo Commissary, and, well, look who shows up to sell us on all these Halo goods.


August 23, 2011
News

Is Sonic CD Coming To Xbox LIVE Arcade?

Kotaku AU

It looks as though Major Nelson, via his blog, has inadvertently announced the existence of a Sonic CD port for XBLA. Considering the fact that some Sonic fans consider Sonic CD to be the best iteration of the franchise, this is pretty interesting news.


August 15, 2011
Xbox

360 Cases Now A Matte Finish, Going Forward, Microsoft Clarifies

Earlier it was reported that a matte finish was coming to the Xbox 360 250GB hard drive configuration, and that is indeed true, but some construed that to mean the glossy case still would be in production. It ain’t.


November 19, 2010
News

Black Ops Tops Modern Warfare 2 On Xbox Live In Its First Week

The two most-played games on Xbox Live are Call of Duty games, with Halo Reach in the third spot, according to the first Xbox Live popularity ranking released after several data-free weeks from Microsoft.


October 20, 2010
News

The New Xbox.com Is More Than Just A Pretty Face

Tomorrow morning at 5AM Eastern Xbox.com will be going down. When it comes back, it’ll have a fresh new look and some extra-added functionality. Let’s take a look!


September 24, 2010
News

Modern Warfare 2 Was More Popular Than Reach In Its Launch Week

It wouldn’t be a big surprise if Halo: Reach was the No.1 title on Xbox Live during its launch week. It’s a big-ass game after all. But that was not the case, as some corrected numbers show.


April 15, 2010
News

The Lost Kotaku Podcast

No, not that Lost. Just lost. As in technical problems. As in the Kotaku Talk Radio featuring me, Major Nelson and a Madden guy lost due to a a) magnetic anomaly b) plane crash or c) computer malfunction.


March 29, 2010
News

Xbox Live Director’s Account Hacked! (Are You Next?)

Larry Hryb, Director of Programming for Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE online gaming network, has had his Xbox LIVE profile hacked.