Microsoft Looking to Expand XBL Arcade Size Limit

Microsoft is looking into expanding the size constraints of games offered through their Xbox Live Arcade service. Customers can purchase games, from remakes/reimaginings/ports of older games, to games made by Indie developers. When the service first launched, there was a size limit of 50mb, it was expanded about a year ago to 150mb, the talk …

WiiWare Goes Live

WiiWare is open for business, offering small-budget games to the console. The service follows suit with services like Xbox Live Arcade, and the Playstation Network. Console owners will be able to download games like, ‘Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King,’ ‘Defend Your Castle,’ ‘Pop,’ ‘VIP Casino: Blackjack,’ and ‘LostWinds.’ WiiWare may see …

UK XBOX Chief Get’s The Last Laugh

I’m the biggest anti-Blu-ray guy on this site, I’ve never denied that. So to hear this coming from someone like Neil Thompson makes me feel better about my theory that digital distribution is the true future of media. When asked by UK’s The Guardian if he feels it was a bad move by Microsoft to …

Xbox Live Gamerscore Controversy

Major Nelson announced on his blog the action taken by Microsoft on the ongoing Gamerscore tampering. For those of you who don’t know, Microsoft introduced Gamerscore on Xbox Live as a way to track your progress in your game collection by earning “achievements,” in them. For something with little reward other then bragging rights, it’s …