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by Richard on July 16, 2007
Microsoft introduced some new hardware at their E3 press conference last week - nothing as extreme as a handheld console or an upgraded 360 but interesting enough for the color-conscious and...
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by Richard on July 06, 2007
In light of the recent rumors that Xbox 360 failure rates may be as high as 33% Microsoft has revised the 360 warranty for the second time this year. The previous warranty update gave free repairs to...
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by Richard on June 28, 2007
1UP.com has an eye-opening article about the Xbox-woes of one man, Justin Lowe, who has had eleven 360s die on him:Justin has not had a working system for longer than a month or two. The list of...
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by Richard on June 25, 2007
Earlier this week in their email newsletter Gamestop (the last place you usually go for your game news, I know) revealed a key piece of EA's Guitar-Hero-Slayer Rock Band -- their own guitar...
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by Richard on May 17, 2007
The rumor mill has been churning and the word on the street is that Microsoft has a Blu-Ray player on the back burner in case the HD-DVD format doesn't come out the winner in the...
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by Richard on May 09, 2007
The Spring Dashboard update arrived today (a little later than previously reported) and it hasn't bricked my system yet. You can get a complete list of the new features here but here's a few...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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by Richard on April 12, 2007
All is well again in my videogaming life: Microsoft sent me a new 360 (a refurb, I assume, though it seems to be in great condition). It came a lot faster than I expected, too -- in about five days......
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by Richard on March 30, 2007
If you blinked while reading the 360 Elite press release you might have missed it:the 120GB detachable hard drive allows gamers to save their games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures,...
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by Richard on March 30, 2007
Tuesday night Microsoft confirmed what we all pretty much already knew and announced the new higher-end Xbox 360 SKU -- the 360 Elite:...a new model of the video game and entertainment system that...
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by Richard on March 27, 2007
One email and one thirty minute phone call (where the operator said that I might have "knocked something loose" when moving the console) later, and I'm now waiting for UPS to deliver me...
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by Richard on March 25, 2007
For those of us still on the fence -- watching the HD-disc-format war fight itself out before committing to either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD -- Microsoft UK's Neil Thompson has some good news:Speaking to...
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by Richard on March 24, 2007
Sure, you read about it on the Internet -- but you never expect it to happen to you. Those three red lights flashing at you, a cruel taunt. Your Xbox 360 is dead. Well, my Xbox 360 is dead, anyway.......
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