Archive for the 'Games console TV' Category


Rovio Reveal Angry Birds TV Series

Having released one of the most successful mobile video game franchises of all-time over recent years, Finnish developers Rovio Mobile are looking to further cash in on the Angry Birds brand, after announcing that they are developing a TV series based on the game, set to be available across ‘all platforms’, with a first release [...]

Entertainment Out-Plays Games On Xbox 360

Statistics released by Microsoft have claimed that in the USA, users of their Xbox 360 games console are now using the platform’s ‘entertainment services’ more frequently than playing games (the purpose that it was originally built for), indicating a key change in the way that people use consoles. The statistics suggest that on average in America, [...]

US Navy Wants To Hack Data of Gaming Consoles

After news that new smart TV sets may be watching you comes the news that the US Navy is looking to be finding a way to hack into used games consoles to find out user’s online data, such as chat room logs. But luckily for the privacy of US citizen’s, but not the privacy of [...]

Xbox Live Confirm Introduction Of HBO Go and Comcast

An update to the viewing services offered by the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 is set to see some new additions to their list of integrated content, with HBO Go set to launch tomorrow after a deal was agreed last month, while the premium network’s in-house offering will be joined by connected services from [...]

BBC Iplayer Catch-Up Service Comes To Kinect Powered Xbox

The BBC have launched their highly rated catch-up TV service, iPlayer to UK Xbox 360 users giving up to 30 days of on-demand TV. And to make up for the long wait, it is available in HD and includes voice and gesture controllable options using the Kinect motion and voice sensor. It has been a [...]

HBO Go Planned For Xbox 360

American premium TV cable network HBO have announced their plans to introduce their ‘HBO Go‘ catch-up TV app onto the Xbox 360, starting on 1 April. Rumours also suggest that the company are planning to permit their subscribers to archive their content to offline storage through the app, in a further attempt to enhance the service provided [...]