Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 30, 2007
If IGN's text explanation of how the new data transfer cable works just wasn't visual enough for you, you can watch Major Nelson & friends walk through the process in this video: Video:...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on April 30, 2007
I don't know what kind of strange world we live in now but this Wednesday we'll be seeing our third week in a row of double-releases on the Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Catan and a...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 29, 2007
Happy with the 360 you have but jealous of the new Elite owner's uniquely colored boxes? Don't worry about it -- now you can pay extra for purely cosmetic upgrades, too! Mail your console to...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 28, 2007
It's interesting to note that Microsoft loses money every time you buy an Xbox 360 -- what kind of business model is that? A fairly common one, in this industry. So where, exactly, does the...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 28, 2007
There's a lot to be underwhelmed about with the new 360 Elite. What exactly does that extra $80 get you, anyway? A black case and some overpriced hard disk space, mostly. Despite the $479 price...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 26, 2007
Sega recently announced that their new expansion to Phantasy Star Universe -- Ambition of the Illuminus -- will be downloadable over Xbox Live this fall. The expansion will also be available for the...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 26, 2007
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has been hinting that the next entry in his new Xbox 360 series, Blue Dragon, might be an online title."I'm talking with Microsoft right now about...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 26, 2007
IGN got their hands on the new hard drive transfer kit that comes with the also-new 120GB HDD and they've written up a nice post with the details of the transfer process. It isn't pretty: the...
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Filed in archive Demo
by Richard on April 25, 2007
I don't know how I missed it, but the demo for Command & Conquer 3 hit Xbox Live for Gold members last Friday. I've been a fan of the series since the Red Alert era but I haven't...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on April 25, 2007
One of today's Live Arcade releases is Pinball FX -- a pretty looking pinball game that has the kind of controls you'd expect a pinball game to have: the left and right triggers control the...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 25, 2007
The official on-sale date for the new Xbox 360 Elite is this Sunday, the 29th -- but that isn't stopping underpaid big-box store workers from selling one to you now. Game|Life reports that some...
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Filed in archive Rumors
by Richard on April 24, 2007
Guitar Hero fansite HarmonixFans.com received this list of upcoming song bundles from someone they believe to be a trusted source: Content Pack 1: "Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera "I Love...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on April 24, 2007
Was it only two months ago that we had weeks with no XBLA releases at all? Truly, the times have changed, as tomorrow will mark our second week of consecutive two-game Wednesdays with the release of...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on April 24, 2007
Team17 recently revealed the first batch of downloadable content for the Xbox Live edition of Worms in this thread on their official forum. It's pretty much what you'd expect -- voice packs...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 20, 2007
Japanese game mag Famitsu recently confirmed that a new Katamari Damacy sequel would be rolling its way onto the Xbox 360. Titled Beautiful Katamari the new game looks, well, a lot like the old ones....
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Filed in archive Features
by Richard on April 20, 2007
In this interview with Gamasutra Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg addresses some possible worries about the new keyboard controller attachment and Windows Live Messenger dashboard integration:What can...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 20, 2007
While many gamers have been worried about the state of Xbox-to-360 backwards compatibility since Microsoft announced that they would be slowing down BC development, I get the feeling that...
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Filed in archive Marketplace
by Richard on April 18, 2007
Even gamers have to pop their heads up from time to time (between online Gears matches, of course) and see what's going on in the world. And who better to deliver the news to you than Comedy...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on April 18, 2007
No, you're not dreaming. There really are two games coming to Live Arcade this week. And the madness doesn't stop there -- they both look like they might be fun! First up is a port of arcade...
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Filed in archive News
by Richard on April 16, 2007
It's that time of year again -- the grass is greener, the flowers are blooming, and you're going to be too busy playing your Xbox 360 to notice any of it. That's right, it's time for...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Richard on April 15, 2007
Last year Microsoft retroactively extended all 360 warranties to a full year from purchase, and now they've made some positive changes to the warranty terms (some of which I benefitted from when...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on April 15, 2007
RedOctane recently released the first batch of downloadable content for Guitar Hero 2 and it's not looking good: songs are only available in packs of three and each pack runs 500 MS Points...
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