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“The update from ‘Xbox Live’ to ‘Xbox network’ is intended to distinguish the underlying service from Xbox Live Gold memberships.”
Read More »Xbox Live has been rebranded to Xbox Network
Microsoft removes 12 month Xbox Live subscriptions, may be preparing to drop the paywall entirely
Both the single and three-month tiers remain, but the 12 month option has been removed
Read More »Phil Spencer: Xbox All Access could be critical to Xbox Series X launch post-pandemic
“Xbox All Access [will let you] get into a new hardware generation without the big upfront cost”
Read More »Xbox Live and Nintendo Switch Online struggle to meet demand as COVID-19 isolation increases
"Usage is up on almost everything," says Xbox boss
Read More »Xbox UK business lead, Harvey Eagle, promoted to global marketing role
Harvey Eagle will now be responsible for overseeing growth for Xbox Live globally
Read More »Xbox Live is coming to Nintendo Switch, starting with Cuphead
"Bringing Xbox Live features beyond Xbox and PC to Nintendo Switch"
Read More »Microsoft sets its sights on expanding from 400m Xbox Live devices to 2 billion
"Connect between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox"
Read More »DLC and Microtransations to be responsible for over half of digital console revenue in 2017
Data analysts SuperData believe that over 50 per cent of all revenue from the digital storefronts on console this year
Read More »Microsoft responds to PlayStation’s crossplatform omission
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has bitten in what is almost approaching a war of words in the crossplatform multiplayer dispute. An upcoming update to Minecraft will introduce online multiplayer across PC, Xbox, mobile and Nintendo, but not PS4. The same is true of Rocket League, whose upcoming Nintendo Switch version …
Read More »Alan Wake is vanishing from digital stores
Remedy’s popular horror game Alan Wake is being yanked from Steam and Xbox Live tomorrow. A licensing issue with the game’s music is to blame. It’s possible that the issue will be resolved at a alter date, but in the interim the game won’t be available to download. The good …
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