Emily Gertz
at 03:00 AM Jan 11 2014
Gadgets // 

Pizza Hut says that gamers bought more than$1 million worth of food from the chain last year between April and August,without picking up a phone, leaving the house, or even putting down their consoles. Instead, they ordered custom pizzasusing thePizza Hut app for Xbox 360.

Colin Lecher
at 16:00 PM Nov 20 2013
Tech // 

I wouldn't say a lost my temper with the Xbox One. Because I actually, for the most part, enjoyed the experience. But I did raise my voice. And for that I apologize.

Colin Lecher
at 07:30 AM Jun 20 2013
Gadgets // 

Microsoft faced some very negative feedback when it announced that its new console, the Xbox One, would require an internet connection and be released with restrictions on used games. Kotaku wrote this about Microsoft's announcements of its polices: "The news was almost all bad." So, the company's just announced a new policy: "Haha, just kidding, you guys! We take back all that stuff you hated."

Colin Lecher
at 05:15 AM Jun 11 2013
Tech // 

Microsoft's unveiling of the Xbox One back in May was decidedly about the hardware. Almost right away today at E3, Microsoft announced its conference would be "all about the games." Sure, there were a lot of games, but that didn't turn out to be completely true: there were plenty of announcements about the console itself, too. Here's what we learned.

Colin Lecher
at 06:30 AM May 22 2013
Gadgets // 

Today, Microsoft unveiled its new console, Xbox One, from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. There's still going to be news coming out between now and another announcement at E3 in June (which we'll be at), but this is what we saw so far.

Dan Nosowitz
at 04:30 AM Jun 5 2012
Gadgets // 

Today at E3, the massive electronics expo that yesterday played host to Nintendo's announcement about the updated Wii U, Microsoft broke out an announcement that's really more about media - especially video - than games. Microsoft Smart Glass is a way to join all of your devices together: smartphone, tablet, and TV, all sharing media.

Nick Gilbert
at 11:59 AM Dec 16 2011

If for whatever reason you've had enough of your Xbox 360, and decide you just need to move on (perhaps to a PS3?), then one enterprising chap has gone and given you yet another possible use for your former console of choice, by turning his own defunct device into a reef aquarium.

 
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