Posts Tagged ‘Xbox 360’

With the arrival of Autumn, we’re used to seeing change.  Changing of the seasons, changing of the colors, and for some of you, changing of your Xbox 360′s Dashboard.  Several anonymous tips have rolled in stating that members in the Preview Program have received the update to the new Xbox 360 Dashboard.  The Fall Update [...]

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Microsoft just announced via Major Nelson’s blog that they are partnering with over 40 television content providers around the world to provide content for Xbox 360 Gold subscribers. The content will begin rollout this holiday in over 20 countries worldwide, although it has not yet been announce in what context this content will be available. [...]

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The Limited Edition Star Wars Xbox 360 was announced last week, but clearly isn’t the first time Microsoft has gone out of its way to design a custom console for a big launch. In fact, it reminded us of some other funky console designs that were extremely rare, or just difficult to find. From having [...]

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During a panel presentation at the 41st annual Comic-Con International, Xbox and LucasArts unveiled the first custom Xbox 360 console with Kinect featuring a limited edition Star Wars theme inspired by the beloved duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO. With a 320 GB Hard Drive, a custom paint job, custom sounds, and even ”Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope,” [...]

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Get ready to start feeling like you’re actually driving, because Microsoft just recently dropped news of a new controller shipping September 26th! Dubbed the Wireless Speed Wheel, it’s supposed to make racing games feel and control more intuitively. It comes with the standard triggers (used for braking and accelerating), the d-pad (although it beats me [...]

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We’re suckers for montages; we really are.  Whether it’s to fire everyone up, pull at some heart-strings, or just to keep the hype machine turning, we have a tough time turning away from a well-done bevy of clips pasted together.  This Xbox montage certainly falls under the “hype machine” category, but it’s still interesting to [...]

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We just received an email from Marc Whitten, the Vice President of Xbox Live, in which he detailed a few new exciting features coming to the 360 very soon. The first of these involves a new cloud system.  Xbox Live will soon allow players to save their games to the cloud and resume them from [...]

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Interested in picking up a remote control for your Xbox 360?  How about for the low, low price of free?  Now we’re speaking your language, huh? Thanks to community member Geoff M, we’re knowledgeable about a promotion going on over at AT&T.  Simply follow this link, and at the checkout page, pop in the promo [...]

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We have heard some reports earlier today that some Xbox 360 users have been receiving emails from Microsoft, regarding an issue where they were unable to play any Xbox 360 games. It should be worth noting that this is unrelated to the upcoming release that has been in beta and is not tied to one “version” [...]

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(Editor’s Note: This article is an opinion piece only.  It does not reflect the views of any Microsoft/Xbox employees or any strategies currently in place.  It is intended to simply raise discussion about a few of the options that may be at their disposal.) Times are tough over at Playstation right now.  If you’ve been [...]

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