- Irish company lets you pay for Xbox purchases using your mobile phone Irish mobile services company Phonovation has expanded its mobile payments service to include the purchase of Xbox LIVE Gold membership and Microsoft Points. Microsoft Points are the universal coin with which users can purchase games, movies and TV shows on their Xbox.
- Microsoft unveils new "all-in-one" music service Microsoft has unveiled its "all-in-one" music service, Xbox Music, that it hopes will rival the likes of already established players Spotify, Amazon and iTunes.
- Activision announce The Walking Dead video game, first details emerge Activision very recently announced The Walking Dead video game, a first-person shooter based on AMC's hugely popular show of the same name. Now, the game's developer, Terminal Reality, shares some initial insights into its mechanics.
- Amazon's video service now available on PlayStation 3 Amazon Instant Video, Amazon's version of Netflix, is now available to stream on the PS3. Previously, the video on-demand service was only available on select connected TVs, and select set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.
- BBC iPlayer arrives on Xbox with Kinect functionality Starting today, Xbox LIVE users in the United Kingdom can download and watch the BBC iPlayer video-on-demand service - and what's more, it's completely free.
- No new Xbox announcement in 2012, says Microsoft There will be no new Xbox announcement in 2012, a Microsoft spokesperson has told Bloomberg news. It was previously speculated that Microsoft may tease their Xbox 360 successor at this year's E3 gaming expo.
- Modern Warfare 3 breaks previous five-day sales record, grossed $775 million Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 generated gross revenues of $775 million in its first five days after worldwide release, breaking previous sales records set by Call of Duty: Black Ops this time last year.
- Microsoft discontinue Zune production Microsoft will no longer release further iterations of Zune hardware, but will instead concentrate on integrating Zune software and functionality into other devices like the Xbox and those running Windows Phone 7.
- Blacks Ops First Strike DLC for PS3 coming this March 3 The first PS3 DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available to download this March 3. The map pack, known as First Strike, will contain five new maps in total; four multi-player maps titled the Berlin Wall, Discovery, Kowloon, and Stadium, and one zombie map Ascension.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops game may be investigated by UK government A formal complaint will be made to the UK Office of Fair Trading by independent pressure group Gamers’ Voice over concerns they have with the quality of the popular game Call of Duty: Blacks Ops.