Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition sells over 400,000 copies on day one
Hints Markus “Notch” Persson
After Pocket-lint’s estimation that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been the biggest launch ever on Xbox Live, Microsoft has confirmed such by releasing a statement that it has, indeed, eclipsed Trials Evolution (the previous record holder) on day one sales. It hasn’t actually released any figures, however.
There is more than one way [...]
Xbox 360 set for Kinect controlled Internet Explorer browsing
Full web experience
Xbox 360 users will soon be able to surf the web using Kinect gesture controls as Microsoft works on a modified version of Internet Explorer 9.
Currently the Xbox 360’s browsing credentials is restricted to media results via Bing voice search. However, Microsoft is updating its IE browser to enable web surfing direct from [...]
Pocket-lint Podcast #84 – Minecraft Xbox 360 and new HP Ultrabooks
Can you dig it?
One of the Pocket-lint team reports live from Shanghai on the podcast this week. Hunter Skipworth is over in China with HP, looking at the company’s newest Ultrabooks and finding out how it plans to put to bed rumours of its imminent demise.
Plus, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is now out and the [...]
Assassin’s Creed III trailer unveiled after fans social networking campaign
October 2012 release
A preview video of the next instalment of Assassin’s Creed has been released and boy does it look good.
Set in Boston, during the American Civil War, there’s plenty of bloodthirsty violence, some cigar smoking and even a hungry bear to whet our gaming appetite.
The game itself introduces a new assassin who goes by [...]
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition hits today – more than 127,000 4+ ratings already
Xbox Live lights up
The Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft was released for download today, and Pocket-lint suspects that it could well have been the biggest launch on Xbox Live ever. Although we don’t yet know many copies have been downloaded on day one, just checking out the amount of ratings its had (which score [...]
Major League Baseball games now available through Xbox Live in UK
MLB.TV Premium launches
High definition footage of very game of the regular Major League Baseball season is now available to be streamed either live or through catch-up through Xbox Live in the UK, as MLB.TV Premium launches today. The service, which has been available on the Xbox 360 in the States and Canada since 27 March, [...]
Xbox 720 Durango manufacturing starts – possibly
You’ve been Durango’ed
The Xbox 720, codenamed Durango, is reported to have entered the manufacturing stages, although it remains unlikely that the console will be released this year.
Sources familiar with the matter have told gaming site IGN that assembly of the successor to the Xbox 360 has started at the?Austin, Texas, branch of Flextronics, a company [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III unveiled at London Unpacked event – coming to UK 29 May
UPDATED: Release date officially revealed + press pics
The months of speculation are over, the Samsung Galaxy S III has finally been launched and it’s got a feature list as long as War and Peace. Not only does it sport a mammoth 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, but there’s also intelligent voice and face recognition technologies [...]
Call of Duty Black Ops II trailer reveals new fight coming 13 November (video)
New mission soldier
What you doing on the 13 November? If the answer isn’t playing Call of Duty Black Ops II then you probably won’t be interested in the following.
“What happens when the enemy steals the keys? Is the question asked in the new trailer that has been released ahead of what is expected to be [...]
Union Jack Xbox 360 hitting Amazon on 25 May
One for the patriotic gamer
Amazon has leaked a limited-edition Xbox 360 with the Union Jack emblazoned across the console, Kinect and controllers.
Amazon has since removed the listing, presumably on the say so of Microsoft, but not before Videogamer was able to grab a snap of the console.
It’s reported that the “Xbox 360 Celebration Pack” will [...]
