tagged w/ Microsoft Xbox 360
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Microsoft has officially announced the new Xbox 360 and it will launch today and show up at retailers sometime this week. It looks pretty nice, doesn’t it?Microsoft has officially announced the new Xbox 360 and it will launch today and show... more
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The day has arrived and Microsoft now lets you use USB memory sticks with your Xbox 360. Pretty cool.The day has arrived and Microsoft now lets you use USB memory sticks with your Xbox... more
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Microsoft has confirmed that they are ready to release the much anticipated USB mass storage support for the Xbox 360 next month.Microsoft has confirmed that they are ready to release the much anticipated USB mass... more
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It appears as though Microsoft has finally released its 250GB hard drive for the Xbox 360, a release that should please avid Xbox users.It appears as though Microsoft has finally released its 250GB hard drive for the Xbox... more
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Halo 3 and Ghostbusters, despite being released years apart, have one thing in common. Both games were heavily scrutinized, criticized, and embarrassed by the media and gamers alike for running at sub-HD resolution. The lowest screen resolution that is accepted as High Definition is 720p, though 1080p is considered True HD by Sony and other various companies. And though these titles were attacked for not running at HD resolution (Halo 3 on the 360, and Ghostbusters on the PS3), developers actually run their games at sub-HD resolution all the time.Halo 3 and Ghostbusters, despite being released years apart, have one thing in common.... more
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Another online virtual world?
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Home, PlayStation 3's long-delayed online 3-D social networking service, will debut Thursday.
Sony (NYSE: SNE) on Wednesday said it would launch its online 3-D social networking service, Home, Dec. 11, ending months of delay in the long-awaited service for users of the company's PlayStation 3 video-game console.
Home is similar to Linden Lab's Second Life in that it lets people create virtual characters, or avatars, to interact in cyberspace. PlayStation 3 users will be able to join the virtual world through a free software download.
Home is the latest online service for the PS3. Sony recently added video downloads to the PlayStation Network, which, according to the company, has 15 million subscribers worldwide. Nevertheless, Sony is seen as behind rival Microsoft, which makes the Xbox 360, in launching online gaming and video-download services.
In addition, Nintendo, which launched its Wii video-game console the same month as Sony launched PS 3, November 2006, has outsold Sony more than 2-to-1. Nintendo has sold 34.5 million units worldwide, compared with Sony's 16.8 million units.
Sony is hoping Home will help take its struggling video games unit to profitability. The unit has lost about $3.8 billion over the last two years, according to BusinessWeek magazine.
While PS3 users will enter Home for free, Sony hopes to make money by charging companies to interact with participants. The first companies to join Home include clothing designer Diesel, furniture designer Ligne Roset, energy drink maker Red Bull, film studio Paramount Pictures, and video content providers Hexus TV and Eurogamer.
Besides offering mini-games, videos, and special events, Home will make it possible for users to create their own social networks and set up meetings in their own virtual apartments or in public gatherings. Home will offer instant messaging, voice, and video communications.
Sony first announced Home in March 2007, saying it would launch the service later that year. The company announced the first delay in October 2007, and again in April 2008. Sony launched a trial of the service to a limited number of PS3 users in August.Another online virtual world?
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Little Chimpy has some great online games for you to try and perhaps he can teach us all an even a larger lesson.Little Chimpy has some great online games for you to try and perhaps he can teach us... more
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Holy cow, this game looks so damn good!
Gears of War® 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the 4.7 million-selling blockbuster third-person tactical action game, and one of the most popular Xbox 360 games in history. Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of Gears of War, and thrusts you back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.
Gears of War 2 is developed by Epic Games exclusively for Xbox 360®. Continue the story of Marcus Fenix, a reluctant war hero, as he leads Delta Squad on a series of perilous and adrenaline-pumping missions. Gears of War 2 blends a best-in-class third-person shooter with unsurpassed high-definition visuals, all layered on top of an engaging story of survival, loss, and retribution.
Watch the E3 trailer here:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36217.htmlHoly cow, this game looks so damn good!
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The Microsoft press conference at E3 2008 saw a game demo of Capcom's Resident Evil 5, after which Jun Takeuchi announced the release date for the eagerly anticipated title. Resident Evil 5 will be launching worldwide on Friday, March 13th 2009, except for Japan who get it a day earlier. Friday the 13th? Really? How many months do you think they pushed it back just to get that special, more-evil Friday the 13th release?
http://kotaku.com/tag/resident-evil-5/
I cannot wait for this game, has been a crappy wait, this game will be game of the year, I more eager for this than Gears Of War 2, but I've played all of the RE's in the series, and this one looks so GOOD!The Microsoft press conference at E3 2008 saw a game demo of Capcom's Resident... more
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http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/microsoft-says.html
Does your Xbox 360 hard drive just have too much free space on it? How about installing some of your games directly to the drive?
At a small media briefing immediately following their E3 press conference Monday, Microsoft execs said that one of the new features of their new Xbox 360 user interface would be the ability to install any Xbox 360 disc-based game to your console's hard drive. This would result in faster loading times and cooler systems, Microsoft said, because the game disc won't have to be constantly spinning.
However, users will still have to have the game disc in their Xbox 360 if they want to run the game.
The games will be displayed in the console's new "Games" channel, shown above. The update will be released this fall.
Microsoft just announced at E3 that they'll be giving the Xbox 360 a total software overhaul this fall. "When people turn on their Xbox 360s this fall, they'll get an entirely new interface and Dashboard, an entirely new Xbox through the magic of software," said John Schappert, head of Live services. New features will include those fancy new Mii-like 3D Avatars, a new emphasis on community with IM, video chat, and photo sharing, along with a brand new 3D slide interface for the main Dashboard screen. Avatars will be integrated into your GamerCard, but you can also create a "Live party" and invite your friends, with as many as 8 of your three dimensional homies hanging out at once -- though you're not hanging out in an actual 3D environment. You can use your avatar in certain Live Arcade games like Uno, and even in third party titles such as the upcoming Scene It? title. It sounds like Microsoft is taking cues from the Wii, Sony's Home and Facebook all in one fell swoop, not bad at all.http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/microsoft-says.html
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