Category: Xbox One
Strong cloud growth helps Microsoft deliver healthy profits
Microsoft has reported strong quarterly financial results, largely driven by its commercial cloud services. The PC giant’s revenue stood at 28.9 billion dollars (£22 billion) in the three months to the end of December, up 12% on the same period in 2017. Net income for the company was also healthy, reaching 8.4 billion dollars (£6.4…
The UK Top 10 video games chart for Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC: The Order 1886 knocks Evolve from the top spot
[nextpage title="Next"] Another new release comes straight in at No.1 for a second successive week – last week saw a No.1 launch for Evolve and this week it is Sony’s turn to debut at No.1 with PS4 exclusive The Order: 1886. The game was developed by Ready at Dawn Studios, known for PSP Daxter and…
The UK Top 10 video games chart for Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC: Evolve launches at No.1
[nextpage title="Next"] The All Formats chart receives a much needed boost with 2K/Take 2’s Evolve leading the pack of new releases and taking the No.1 crown. Xbox One just edges the format share by a mere 1% with fewer than 400 sales between the two Gen 8 versions, while PC accounts for just 3% of…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: CoD Advanced Warfare holds its own
[nextpage title="Next"] The top three remain unchanged this week, meaning Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has now claimed eight weeks at No.1, equalling the total of FIFA 15. Both Grand Theft Auto V and FIFA 15 hold on to No.2 and No.3 respectively, while Assassin’s Creed: Unity jumps four places up to No.4 thanks to…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: CoD Advanced Warfare retakes the top spot
[nextpage title="Next"] This week it is Activision’s turn to reclaim the No.1 spot with Call of Duty: Advanced Warefare. Rockstar/Take 2’s three-week spell at the top ends as Grand Theft Auto V drops to No.2. It does mean that these two titles are neck and neck right now when it comes to the number of…
Game preview: Life Is Strange
Meet Maxine Caulfield. She's 18, a bit shy, awkward and geeky, has just moved back home to the small town of Arcadia Bay in Oregon after five years in Seattle, and is studying photography at the Blackwell Academy - a high school that is well regarded for its strength in the arts. Oh, and she…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: GTA V still reigns supreme
[nextpage title="Next"] Grand Theft Auto V holds on to No.1 for a third consecutive week. Rockstar/Take 2’s blockbuster has now notched up a total of seven weeks at No.1 which is more weeks on top than any other GTA title. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and FIFA 15 swap places with Activision Blizzard’s title up…
The Ford GT will be the new cover star of Forza Motersport 6
Along with the announcement of the new Ford GT, Microsoft, Turn 10 Studios and Ford took to the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit, last week, announcing the all-new GT as the featured cover car in the next iteration of the acclaimed Xbox racing simulation franchise, Forza Motorsport 6, launching exclusively for Xbox One.…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: GTA V holds on strong at the top
[nextpage title="Next"] Grand Theft Auto V comfortably holds on to its No.1 crown following its return to the top last week. FIFA 15 climbs a place to No.2, just edging ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare which is down to No.3. With no new releases to speak of the Top 10 is made up…
The Digest: Console sales rise… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Console sales up dramatically in 2014 as Xbox One finishes strongly | Engadget "Console fanboys, get ready to gloat - or mope. Actually, (nearly) everybody can be cheered by the latest data from NPD, which showed console sales up a cool 20 percent from last year to to over $5 billion. Leading the…
