Peter Molyneux’s RPG-Royalty-Simulator game, Fable III, is about to get a whole lot of DLC to suit numerous budgets. If you’ve shot, zapped and hacked your way through Albion to crown yourself king (or queen!) and you feel the need for something new to expand your royal conquests, then you’re in luck. There are five lots of DLC on the …

This has been a topic of much debate since Kinect’s launch: is the camera peripheral spying on you? Microsoft swears blind that it isn’t and they’ve issued official statement after statement denying this so-called hidden agenda. That being said, chief operating officer of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division, Dennis Durkin, has hinted at the potential sitting right in front of advertisers. …

Prior to the launch of Kinect, Microsoft said that they would be making a profit on each camera sold. Some snoopy people over at UBM Tech Insights have decided to put that claim to the test. They got hold of a Kinect unit and ripped it to pieces. By analysing and tracing each component of the Kinect camera, Tech Insights …

[Update: The story has been updated with an official comment from Microsoft SA’s product and marketing manager] Earlier today, the official Twitter account for Microsoft South Africa sent out a tweet claiming that “Almost 99% of local stores sold out of Kinect in the first day!”. That’s a pretty darn impressive achievement indeed, or at least it would be if …

Hey, you know that gaming console that Microsoft makes? Well, there’s a lot of technology inside those Xbox 360s that other companies hold the rights to. That means in order to manufacture the Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft has to pay royalty fees to those different companies. One such company is Motorola. Motorola is responsible for the technology behind the Xbox …

Yesterday, Microsoft hosted an event to celebrate the launch of both the new Kinect motion controller for Xbox 360 as well as the official arrival of Xbox Live in South Africa. Being the fine, upstanding and not to mention completely professional chaps that we are (they promised free food), we were there to cover the whole event and stayed until …

[Update: We have added the steps you need to take to migrate your account over] This post marks the exact moment that Xbox Live is officially available in South Africa. It’s just hit midnight and as announced at the Xbox Live / Kinect Launch event, the services are now officially available to Xbox 360 owners. Owners who have Xbox 360’s …

By now you should all be well aware that Microsoft is finally bringing Xbox Live to South Africa. Next week Wednesday (November 10th) will see the official launch of the Xbox 360 online service in our country. The announcement was met with vociferous approval by our local Xbox 360 scene. But naturally, because most gamers seem to be shackled to …