Today (via IGN, linked above) Microsoft offers its top seven reasons for a PC gamer to get the new operating system this October:

1) Performance

To quote a coworker: 'Across same hardware, Crysis runs awesome on Win7! Even better than XP!'. Code for the OS has been optimized for better all around performance for games. Whatever you're playing now should be a better...

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Gavin Price, Principal Designer at Rare Ltd./Microsoft Game Studios, is working on an “as yet unannounced project” from January 2009 until present.

Perhaps this will debut at Comic-Con International this year, which is set to run from July 23-26, 2009. To quote:

Rare Ltd. / Microsoft Game Studios
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
January 2009 —...

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Microsoft is bringing more to the Xbox 360 than simply a new way to play games; you might be seeing a significant upgrade to the console's graphics thanks to a couple of new initiatives.

Project Natal, which will launch at some point next year, is set to bring a new way to play video games.

Microsoft's Shane Kim has already stated that the controller-less peripheral will receive a launch as big as...

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No doubt the major talk of E3 2009 was all about the motion-sensing technologies demoed by Sony and Microsoft at their press conferences.

Microsoft’s Project Natal’s major selling point is full-body recognition and the promise of a controller-less game experience, while Sony’s PlayStation Eye-powered motion tech aims to turn a single controller into any virtual item...

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The question first popped in my head probably around mid 2008. But the article that helped me answer the question was the Top Five Ways Microsoft's XBox 360 Has Beaten Sony's PS3.

To answer the question of fanboyism, first we have to look into the situation as a whole. Personally, I think the fanboy situation may be a little amusing and irritating at some points, but since it's 2009, I think it's time to give fanboyism the...

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Well, it looks like Microsoft has struck again! This time it has affected the playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII that was supposed to be in the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Blu-ray release due out in June 7th, 2009.

The Japanese version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children has the playable demo, obviously because Final fantasy XIII is an exclusive title in Japan...

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Today TEAM JUNGLE released the much-anticipated iXtreme 1.51 Firmware for all XBox 360 drives. This updates comes after Microsoft's most recent effort to prevent piracy.

Download: JungleFlasher v0.1.51 Beta / 360 Modification Disc v1.51 / ixDef v1.51 / Benq iXtreme v1.51 / Hitachi iXtreme v1.51 / LiteOn iXtreme v1.51 / Samsung iXtreme v1.51

Features:

• Wave X support
• Support of future Waves of X360 game disc structures. New partition sizes and video data...

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Earlier today it was reported that Resident Evil 5 for Microsoft's XBox 360 Console was leaked online.

That being said, it has been pretty smooth sailing for modders of Micosofts next-gen console. Maybe its been a little too easy for them!

With the forthcoming release of MLB 2K9 and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X, Microsoft has thrown the modding community a little bit of a...

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In a follow-up to an article published earlier today, it seems that Microsoft has taken a back seat in making 'waves' in the gaming industry... most of which are PS3 exclusives as of late.

Now before the XBox 360 fanboys out there chew up this article and spit it out, hear me out... Earlier in the life cycle of the XBox 360, there were games released that were praised and...

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Yesterday we reported on Microsoft's own 'LittleBigPlanet' dubbed Kodu coming, and today a video of it in action is available.

Direct from CES 2009 comes a video of Microsoft's XBox 360 Kodu demo courtesy of GerbilGod7 via YouTube.

Check it out below, and share your thoughts on if LBP has any competition to worry about or not in the comments.

Cheers!
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