Peter Molyneux, the designer between the Fable franchise, has been given a promotion: Creative Director of European studios at Microsoft Games Studios. In his new role, the game designer will oversee the creative direction of fellow UK Microsoft studio Rare, as well as other European external projects. He will continue to be based in the Lionhead offices.
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Entertainment and Devices revenue for the quarter grew 68% over the comparable period last year driven by robust demand for Xbox 360 consoles. Cumulative console sales surpassed 19 million during the quarter, up 74% from a year ago. Server and Tools revenue growth of 18% added to its string of consecutive double-digit revenue growth quarters, which now stands at 23.
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Microsoft is looking at ways to overhaul the online gaming and content service for the Xbox 360 and hopes to double the number of users on the service, an executive said on Wednesday. But with 5,000 hours of video and more than 100 arcade games available for download, finding better ways to organize and display that content is a priority as it contemplates the future of Live. "We want to take the system to the next level. We want to get to 20m (users) quicker than we got to 10m"
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Kim answered a number of questions from Schiesel ranging from the loss of developers to the strength of the Nintendo Wii.
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Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.
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