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Project Natal unlikely to be backward-compatible with existing 360 games

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 28th 2009 No Comments

Microsoft has confirmed that it’s unlikely existing games will be compatible with their upcoming Project Natal motion-controller for the Xbox 360, suggesting that developers would in effect need to push out fully reworked versions of titles rather than merely issue a compatibility patch. The news came courtesy of Microsoft Games’ Kudo Tsunoda, speaking at the Tokyo Game Show, who confirmed that the company had been forced to significantly alter code in the games they used to demonstrate Project Natal.

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Xbox 360 WiFi 802.11n adapter to be $100 says tipster

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 23rd 2009 No Comments

Microsoft's Xbox 360 WiFi 802.11n adapter, tipped in another leaky FCC filing, will apparently be priced at around $100 when it lands later this year. The WiFi-n adapter will seemingly go on sale alongside, rather than outright replace, the existing version, which will see a discount to $79.99.

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Netflix eyeing other consoles, Blu-ray players, HDTVs; iPhone in future

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 1 Comment

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that the company does not see its movie streaming service as remaining exclusively locked to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, and that one day they envisage access from every games console, Blu-ray player and internet-connected TV. Speaking to Reuters this week, Hastings also suggested that an iPhone Netflix service was “likely to come over time”, though the company’s focus is not yet on mobile.

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Next-gen Wii in 2011 suggests Square Enix chief

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

Nintendo regularly quash Wii HD rumors, but they keep on coming back. Latest to reignite the speculation is none other than Square Enix chief Yoichi Wada, who has stuck his neck out and suggested 2011 as the launch window for the reworked console. Wada tips the new Wii HD as having many of the features as the Xbox 360 and PS3, to which we're assuming he's referring to media-centric functionality.

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Spawn Labs HD-720: remote console gaming on your PC [Video]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 15th 2009 No Comments

Spawn Labs have announced their HD-720 remote gaming adapter, and from the sound of it they’re trying to do to console games what Slingbox did for TV. The HD-720 hooks up to your console – both Xbox 360 and PS3 are natively supported, with adapters for other versions – and then streams gameplay over WiFi to your PC. While that might not seem much use if you’re at home, it does mean you can keep up with your favorite game while on the road without having to lug your console along with you.

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Logitech unveil Drum and Guitar controllers for Wii and Xbox 360

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Logitech have unwrapped their latest wireless music controllers, joining up the dots on a range which now serves PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. The new Logitech Wireless Drum Controller and Guitar Controller for Nintendo Wii, and Wireless Drum Controller for Xbox 360, are each intended to be used with Guitar Hero.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Looks Like It May Become Super Soon

By Evan Selleck on Friday, Aug 28th 2009 No Comments

Remember that “new” console we saw yesterday? You know the one: it looks a lot like the current Xbox 360 Elite, except that it comes with a 250GB hard drive this time around; and in the box, we’ve supposedly got two controllers and a copy of Forza Motorsport 3. Remember now? Good. And, even if you thought it was a fake ad brought up by Amazon Germany to excite people for no reason whatsoever, it looks like we’ve got another ad to (perhaps) solidify the deal.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Makes Appearance on Amazon Germany

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Aug 27th 2009 No Comments

It’s looking more and more like online retailers are letting the ball slip on these kinds of things; or maybe it’s crafty marketing by the manufacturers, to get people enticed by early leaks and what not. We can’t say for sure, and wouldn’t that ruin the surprise? And let’s face it, after days like today and the official price reduction of the current line of Xbox 360s, we need some more rumors and speculation. Thankfully, we’ve got Amazon Germany.

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Xbox 360 price cuts from Friday 28th: Elite $300, Pro $250

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 27th 2009 No Comments

Microsoft have confirmed that the Xbox 360 Elite console will see a price cut to $299.99 as of tomorrow, while the Xbox 360 Pro will see a more conservative $50 discount to $249.99, for as long as stocks last. Rumors of price shuffles have circulated for some time now, with various leaked store fliers confirming that retailers are getting ready for the cuts.

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Bungie Might Not Be Finished With Halo, or They Might Be

By Evan Selleck on Wednesday, Aug 26th 2009 No Comments

Around the time of this year’s E3, back in June, there was some good and bad news delivered regarding one of the quintessential video games to grace consoles in recent times: Halo. With the announcements of Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach came the good news; but then Lars Bakken, Senior Designer over at Bungie Studios, made some comments regarding the final days of the Halo series, with regards to Bungie’s involvement. He basically said that Reach was the studio’s final Halo game, much to the dismay of the gaming world (or at least Halo’s fanbase).

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