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ELMSFORD, N.Y., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Turtle Beach, the market-leading pioneers of the gaming headset category, announces another industry first--the launch of their highly anticipated Audio Presets Community web site for owners of the ground breaking PX5, XP500 and DELTA programmable gaming headsets. The Audio Presets Community allows users to upload their own custom presets so they can be shared with other users of Turtle Beach PX5, XP500 and DELTA headsets. The site...
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to inspire the masses to get off the couch this Sunday, Kinect for Xbox 360, the official console sponsor of the NFL, and NFL PLAY 60 today announced a challenge to fans and gamers across the country to help make Feb. 5, 2012, "The Most Active Super Bowl Sunday Ever." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) This afternoon, NFL PLAY 60 ambassador and Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees were joined by...
CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crackle, Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment's multi-platform video entertainment network, has launched today on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network as a free full-length Hollywood movie and TV app, it was announced by the company. Crackle's partnership with the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft marks another exciting expansion for the brand, broadening its slate of distribution partners for...
Savtira Corporation announced today that Xbox co-creator and engineer, Kevin Bachus, has joined the company’s advisory board. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Microsoft Corporation’s first foray into the gaming console market started with Xbox in 2001, with the most successful fixation of games – Halo: Combat Evolved. Enthusiasts remember a decade ago when Xbox Live allowed players to play games online, making significant transformations in the industry. Today, Savtira...
Assembly workers at Foxconn Technology’s Wuhan plant, where they build Microsoft’s Xbox 360, threatened to kill themselves if their wages and working conditions did not improve. CNET reports that the workers at the Xbox factory grew disgruntled after being denied pay raises. Then on January 2, the employees reportedly said they would jump off the roof of the factory if their demands were not met. Microsoft is conducting an investigation into the matter, but a deal had been reached...
LAS VEGAS, January 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Xbox 360 was named TV Innovator of the Year at the prestigious 2012 TV Innovation Awards ceremony on 9 January,presided over by IMS Research. Microsoft won the On Demand Category for upgrades to its Xbox 360 console including partnerships with over 40 new TV and entertainment providers, as well as delivering entertainment voice search functionality with Bing on Xbox. Microsoft beat 13 other category winners to take...
ELMSFORD, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Turtle Beach, the market-leading pioneers of the console gaming headset category, today announced the introduction of the feature-packed Ear Force XP400 and XP300 premium wireless gaming headsets. Optimized for wireless game audio and chat on Xbox 360® (and also compatible with PlayStation 3®), these headsets provide new levels of convenience and versatility while delivering the renowned game audio performance...
Microsoft recently released a newly redesigned, video-packed Xbox dashboard earlier this month, however some users have been finding issues connecting online with reported errors codes ,“801540B7” or “80070571”, when they try to download their Xbox Live profile, Kyle Orland reports for MSNBC. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and promised to, “resolve ... as soon as possible.” “We have recently identified an Xbox Live profile data error that results in Error Code...
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Walmart (NYSE: WMT) today announced the launch of its popular VUDU entertainment service on Xbox 360. Xbox LIVE customers can now shop VUDU's library using new, interactive features such as voice search, voice control and Kinect gesture commands to rent or own the latest Hollywood hits, TV shows, cinema classics and independent gems in standard or high definition. To encourage customers to try VUDU on Xbox, VUDU is offering a...
ELMSFORD, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Turtle Beach, pioneers and market-leaders of the gaming headset category, announced today that they have been named the "Official Headset of Spike TV's 2011 Video Game Awards," airing December 10, 2011. As the Official Headset of the 2011 VGAs, Turtle Beach is a digital partner and will be integrated into all the category nominee pages that tie back to gaming audio. These include Best Song in a Game, Best Shooter and Best Original Score....
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The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a video game console released on March 4, 2000 in Japan, October 26, 2000 in North America, and November 24, 2000 in Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI). Since its release over 150 million consoles and 1.52 billion PS2 titles have been sold. There are 3,857 available games and the PS2 continued to be produced with revisions released in 2006 and 2007. On January 4, 2013, Sony announced it would discontinue production of the PS2. One day after its...
The Dreamcast is a video game console released by Sega in November 1998 in Japan, September 1999 in North America, October 1999 in Europe, and November 1999 in Australia. In the first 24 hours of release 225,132 units were sold and a total of 500,000 in the first two weeks. On January 31, 2001, Sega announced it would discontinue the production of the Dreamcast in March 2001 and concentrate solely on software. Even though the console production was discontinued, Sega of Japan still...
