British Police have arrested an UK teenager in connection with the Lizard Squad hacking attacks that took down Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live over Christmas. The UK Police arrested the…
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Boyd Multerer, the man behind Xbox Live, departs from Microsoft
Xbox Live founder Boyd Multerer has bid a goodbye to Microsoft. Multerer, who led development on Xbox Live and the XNA game development platform for Xbox, announced his departure from the Xbox…
UK Police arrest alleged Lizard Squad member
UK Police has reportedly arrested an alleged member of the Lizard Squad, the notorious hacking group that claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks against Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming networks…
Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony PlayStation Network face outages on Christmas
Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony’s PlayStation Network faced outages on the Christmas Eve following DDoS by a hacking group calling themselves the Lizard Squad. Microsoft acknowledged the disruption and posted a message…
Microsoft gifts 7-day free Xbox Live Gold subscription to those affected by March 11 outage
Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live Gold users impacted by March 11 downtime will be gifted a 7-day subscription. According to IGN, the company is notifying affected users via Xbox Live Messages…
Five year old discovers major Xbox Live security flaw
Kristoffer Von Hassel, from San Diego, a five year old little boy has uncovered an Xbox One password security flaw while trying to hack into his father’s Xbox Live account. Kristoffer has…
Microsoft reshuffles management before BUILD 2014
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday, announced new leadership roles for Scott Guthrie, Phil Spencer and former Nokia Oyj CEO Stephen Elop, ahead of the BUILD 2014 Conference. In an email sent…
Xbox Live downtime gatecrashes Titanfall launch
Microsoft may have done all it could to ensure that Titanfall’s launch doesn’t suffer from the same issues as faced by other online multiplayer launcher like Grand Theft Auto Online, Call of…
Microsoft makes ‘Games with Gold’ Xbox service permanent
Microsoft on Friday announced that it’s Games with Gold program which was introduced as a limited program this summer will now be made a permanent Xbox feature. The company launched the program…