Filed in archive Rumors
by Richard on May 31, 2007
Digitimes reports that the Taiwan-based OEM Lite-On may be supplying DVD drives for future Xbox 360 consoles:The built-in DVD-ROM drives for the Xbox 360 have been produced by two OEM makers,...
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Filed in archive Interview
by Richard on May 31, 2007
CVG has a new interview with Bioware co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk discussing some of the massive media work that went into their forthcoming RPG Mass Effect:Speaking of voice talent, can...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Richard on May 31, 2007
A new modified Xbox 360 DVD-drive firmware file claims that it not only is invisible to (previously reported) Xbox Live bannings but also some possible future methods of detection. It does warn,...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 31, 2007
Dig your copy of Dead Rising out from under the bed (why do you keep your games down there, anyway?) -- there's some cool new and, most importantly, free content available for download:Name: Pure...
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Filed in archive News
by Richard on May 31, 2007
The official word from Microsoft on Xbox 360 failure rates is "What this consumer should worry about is the way that we've treated him. Y'know, things break, and if we've treated him...
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Filed in archive News
by Richard on May 30, 2007
Wish that you could recreate that magical experience of reinstalling Windows on your computer...on your coffee table? Lucky you -- last night Microsoft revealed a new product called Surface which...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 30, 2007
Tired of staring at the same old tiles and cards in Catan? ...Yeah, me neither -- but if you've got 150 points burning a hole in your Xpocket360 feel free to download the new "Mayfair"...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 30, 2007
Team17 has released some new Worms content to eager fans -- and half of it is free! That's right, for the low low cost of nothing you can get the new Space landscape (pictured above) and you can...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on May 30, 2007
Now here's a racer I can enjoy -- Mad Tracks is an original title in which you race tiny Hot-Wheels-esque toy cars around elaborate tracks set up in environments like toy stores and restaraunts....
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Filed in archive Demo
by Richard on May 29, 2007
Like the recent Forza demo this is a "realistic" driving game -- that means no power-ups or heat-seeking turtle shells -- and like the Forza demo I just can't get into it. I think I gave...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on May 26, 2007
XBLArcade brings us the news that Taito has announced (by way of Famitsu) a port of their platforming-puzzler Exit for the Xbox Live Arcade. In Exit you play a stylized characted named Mr. Esc -- a...
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Filed in archive News
by Richard on May 26, 2007
An Illinois family has filed a lawsuit claiming that a 2004 fire that destroyed their home and killed a child was caused by a faulty Xbox power cable. There have indeed been fire-related issues with...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 24, 2007
Blizzard revealed the long-awaited sequel to real-time strategy giant StarCraft at a press event in Korea last week. While we're some time away from even beginning to speculate on a release date,...
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Filed in archive Extras
by Richard on May 23, 2007
You may not have realized it, but even with the technical demands of modern games your Xbox 360 still has a lot of processor power going unused. So much power, in fact, that it's become sentient...
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Filed in archive News
by Richard on May 23, 2007
Console manufacturing is a tough business -- all of that plastic and silicon isn't free, you know, and to add insult to injury you've got to sell that expensive hunk of electronics at a loss....
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on May 23, 2007
Microsoft returns to the arcades of the 80s for this week's Live Arcade releases -- the vertical shooter Xevious and the historically-inaccurate-but-pun-rich Rush 'n Attack: "Rush 'n...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 21, 2007
The Halo 3 beta slowly sputtered to life last Wednesday as a bug in Crackdown kept players from downloading the game -- Microsoft had a patch ready by the end of the day but Bungie has decided to...
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Filed in archive Hardware
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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Filed in archive Hacks
by Richard on May 17, 2007
Microsoft announced today that alongside the new Halo 3 beta they've launched a renewed attack on those dreaded warranty-voiding, mod-chipping, Halo-3-beta-cheating hackers:One of the great things...
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Filed in archive XBLA
by Richard on May 15, 2007
What's more exciting than a two-game Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday? An XBLAW where one of the games is free! Cheapskates rejoice -- Aegis Wing, a 2D shooter with online multiplayer for up to 4...
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Filed in archive Games
by Richard on May 15, 2007
Dust off that copy of Crackdown you bought back in February -- tomorrow's the big day. The Halo 3 Beta goes live May 16th and (if the servers don't instantly melt on start-up) will run for...
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Filed in archive Demo
by Richard on May 13, 2007
A couple new demos hit Xbox Live this week and I've braved the excruciatingly long downloads to give you my first-hand impressions. It's a thankless job, really. First up is Forza Motorsport 2...
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