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‘Xbox 360’ Stories

Gears of War 3 DLC coming in Nov and Dec

Shane McGlaun, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft and Epic Games have announced that some new DLC for fans of Gears of War 3 will be coming over the next couple of months. There will be a pair of DLC downloads with the first called the Horde Command Pack and it will land on November 1. The next DLC pack is called RAAM's shadow and will hit December 13. Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 branded harddrive a maniacal deal

Chris Burns, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [4]

And what are those Star Wars characters doing there in the picture? Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen - the cost and the characters have to do with one another, but they certainly don't seem to be equalling out. First, you may have seen this harddrive before - the same device comes in packs with Gears of War 3 and Modern Warfare 3, amongst others. Those of you who want to get the harddrive by itself will have to pay a penny that's much more pretty than you could have ever imagined: $130 USD. Not quite the droids we were looking for. Read The Full Story

Microsoft accepting beta testers now for new Metro style Xbox LIVE dashboard

Rue Liu, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [4]

Back in September, a leak revealed that Microsoft's revamped Xbox LIVE dashboard would launch on November 15 with beta testing starting sometime in October. Things seem to be falling in line with speculation as Microsoft has announced today that it is now accepting sign ups from users interested in beta testing the new interface. Read The Full Story

Best Buy sold more Forza 4: Limited Collector’s Edition units than allotted

Shane McGlaun, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [11]

Best Buy has been selling video games for as long as the store has been around. The company often sells special editions of games that are available. Such was the case with the Forza 4: Limited Collector's Edition that Best Buy was offering online for pre-order. When they said limited edition, it was the truth. Apparently, Best buy sold too many of the collector's edition packs and some gamers are not happy at all. Read The Full Story

NBA JAM On Fire Edition out now, Unlockable Characters revealed!

Chris Burns, Oct 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you're a fan of the greatest basketball video game in the history of the world, NBA JAM, you know that there's some undeniably awesome unlockable characters in every single edition. What we've got here this week (available starting this week, that is,) is the newest NBA JAM game entitled On Fire Edition - and with it comes some of the strangest new oddball basketball players you've ever seen! Read The Full Story

Windows Phones can be used as media remotes for Xbox with new app

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [1]

Yesterday Microsoft went official with the announcement of all sorts of new TV and entertainment features for the Xbox 360. We have now learned that a new app that will allow any Windows Phone device to be used as a media remote to control the Xbox 360 console is coming as well. That means your remote control will be in the palm of your hand if you are on the Windows Phone OS. Read The Full Story

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Xbox 360 TV expanded experience made official

Chris Burns, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

The folks at Microsoft have announced plans today to expand their Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE functionality to include a slew of new services, partners, and functionality. More than 20 countries are involved in the rolling out of this expansion, partners ranging from HBO to Verizon to the BBC to Televisa, everyone’s in on it! There’s a unified dashboard for Xbox LIVE, Comcast Xfinity integration, 26 new channels of live TV in the USA, further Bing search integration with voice-powered search, “more entertainment options” including Zone marketplace expansion with Xbox LIVE and Kinect, a handful of new apps, sharing, and music discovery. Is it time everyone jumped aboard this Xbox 360 as entertainment station train? Quite possibly yes!

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RAGE reviews call game both “perfect” and “lacking”

Chris Burns, Oct 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

The reviews of one of the most highly-anticipated first-person shooters of the year are starting to fall into our collective laps, and they're looking good. Real good, when it comes down to it. There've been a slew of gameplay trailers, cinematics, screenshots, interviews, and of course advertisements crushing the gaming-aimed news web over the past few weeks, months and YEARS, now we're learning the truth: believe the hype. id's newest thriller is here! But not everyone agrees on that, let me tell ya. Read The Full Story

Battlefield 3 aims to push limits on PS3 hardware

Chris Burns, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [15]

Those of you waiting for the PlayStation 3 version of the next big bad war game Battlefield 3 will be glad to hear that its creators are not only bringing the game to the PS3 for certain (if you did not know, that is,) they're also having to push the limits of the console to bring it. And bring it they shall, DICE developers letting the world know that both the PS3 and the the Xbox 360 versions will be competitively polished to keep up with the PC version, the PS3 version in particular getting a double dose of optimization. Read The Full Story

Third Gen Xbox 360 dashboard update spied on video

Shane McGlaun, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Last week we mentioned that the third generation of the Xbox 360 dashboard was inbound soon. The new update is expected to launch November 15. There is another rumor that the new update might go into beta this month as well. Yet another rumor claims that there will be some sort of cable TV service along with the update. Read The Full Story

Xbox LIVE could get Comcast, Verizon TV next week

Rue Liu, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft has reportedly been in talks with almost two dozen content providers to source music, sports, movies, and TV shows for expanding its Xbox LIVE streaming service. Early last week, there were reports that the company was considering partnerships with Comcast and Verizon to bring traditional cable TV to the Xbox 360 console, and now a source has revealed that the service could start as soon as next week. Read The Full Story

Columns

What Console Could You Not Live Without?

Don Reisinger, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [47]

Over the weekend, I was getting ready to play Gears of War 3 on my Xbox 360, and looked at my selection of game consoles, including the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii, in addition to Microsoft’s hardware. After thinking about all the benefits of those devices, I asked myself a simple question: “which one of those could I simply not live without?”