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Xbox Live gets Smart Match and 'personalised' Achievements
22nd May 2013, 4:16pm

News: Xbox Live gets Smart Match and 'personalised' Achievements

500GB non-removable HDD, but USB promised for expansion and storage capabilities

No self-publishing for indies on Xbox One
22nd May 2013, 2:44pm

News: No self-publishing for indies on Xbox One

Matt Booty confirms independent developers cannot publish content themselves

Microsoft abolishes XBLA for Xbox One
22nd May 2013, 11:20am

News: Microsoft abolishes XBLA for Xbox One

Indie games to be part of single marketplace, says Harrison

XBLA dev: Microsoft isn't out of touch with indies
24th April 2013, 2:28pm

News: XBLA dev: Microsoft isn't out of touch with indies

Curse of Brotherhood makers says Sony’s platform is not more attractive

Indie defends Microsoft in face of trending criticism
12th April 2013, 12:33pm

News: Indie defends Microsoft in face of trending criticism

Reinforcing the Microsoft is bad for indies narrative doesn't hurt them, it hurts indies, says Ska Studios dev

Indies speak on why they're flocking to Sony
10th April 2013, 10:12am

News: Indies speak on why they're flocking to Sony

Jonathan Blow and Brian Provinciano describe their experiences with the console giant and Microsoft

Minecraft PC hits 10 million sales
5th April 2013, 10:49am

News: Minecraft PC hits 10 million sales

Lifetime sales across all platforms close on 25 million

Microsoft 'idiotic' for ceding Xbox indie community
13th February 2013, 12:35pm

News: Microsoft 'idiotic' for ceding Xbox indie community

Last five years of Xbox 360 have been painful to watch, says founding engineer Nat Brown

Microsoft Points 'damaging' for Japanese XBLA devs
24th January 2013, 12:10pm

News: Microsoft Points 'damaging' for Japanese XBLA devs

Studios losing out due to Microsoft paying out revenues based on US dollar instead of the Yen

Minecraft sells 4.5m on XBLA
7th December 2012, 8:20am

News: Minecraft sells 4.5m on XBLA

Mojang's hit showing no signs of slowed sales

Indie console success due to XBLA, says Behemoth
4th December 2012, 8:00am

News: Indie console success due to XBLA, says Behemoth

Castle Crashers developer says XBLA essential to existence of indie console community

ESRB launches no-cost game ratings service
25th October 2012, 10:58am

News: ESRB launches no-cost game ratings service

New 'streamlined' digital classification system to be available on XBLA, PSN and Windows 8

Microsoft Points not compulsory in Windows 8
8th October 2012, 2:20pm

News: Microsoft Points not compulsory in Windows 8

Credit card payments usurp virtual currency as default transaction method

Indie hit Terraria coming to XBlA and PSN
11th September 2012, 4:15pm

News: Indie hit Terraria coming to XBlA and PSN

World-building adventure game has sold more than 3,000 copies a day since release last year

Minecraft selling 17,000 copies a day on Xbox 360
8th August 2012, 11:35am

News: Minecraft selling 17,000 copies a day on Xbox 360

Mojang expecting to more than double profits from last year, says studio MD Carl Manneh

Microsoft offered to help Polytron with patch fees
23rd July 2012, 9:53am

News: Microsoft offered to help Polytron with patch fees

US dev 'made the decision not to work on an additional update' despite support, claims console giant

Minecraft XBLA surpasses 3m downloads
20th July 2012, 2:21pm

News: Minecraft XBLA surpasses 3m downloads

Game sales for indie smash-hit on all platforms fly past 10m

Excessive XBLA dev fees block Fez patch
19th July 2012, 11:49am

News: Excessive XBLA dev fees block Fez patch

'As a small independent, paying so much money makes no sense at all', says studio

Minecraft sells 2m on XBLA
4th June 2012, 7:45pm

News: Minecraft sells 2m on XBLA

Minecraft breaks all-time sales record in under a month

Indie hit Fez jumps past 100,000 XBLA downloads
1st June 2012, 12:04pm

News: Indie hit Fez jumps past 100,000 XBLA downloads

Puzzle/platformer selling more than 2,000 copies a day

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