xbox 360

I got taken to task yesterday by some humorless fanboys for what was clearly satire, so I’m going to play this one straight. It seems that both Best Buy and…

A few weeks ago we saw more than a few Medal of Honor-theme accessories. Now that we’re rapidly approaching the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops we can expect…

Bungie has announced the very first map pack for Halo: Reach. It’s called the Noble Map Pack, and it’ll be available on November 30. You’ll have to cough up 800…

Of course Ben Heck turned the new Xbox 360 Slim into a laptop. Of course it looks effin awesome and of course you want it. (good thing you can win…

Goldman Sachs, the giant organization that practically runs Planet Earth, wants Microsoft to spin off its Xbox division. In fact, it wants it so bad that it has downgraded M$…

Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog 4 comes out next week for the Xbox 360 and PS3 (and on tomorrow for iOS), but I’ve already played it. Well, watched someone play it,…

That’s the sound of many, many Xbox 360 gamers shouting unintelligible nonsense upon hearing the news that Gears of War 3 has been delayed from April, 2011 to the holiday…

Once upon a time, Microsoft backed a format called HD DVD and, well, that didn’t turn out so well. But the departure from focusing on high-density physical media early on…

Do you want to be a part of the new Xbox 360 System Update Preview program? You can! Well, provided you sign up and are selected.

A recent article on whether or not Halo: Reach is good for gaming has sparked something in me. I, too, have a bone to pick with the game, but it’s…

Is Halo: Reach the best Halo yet? Yeah, probably, but unlike when, say, Halo 2 came out, in 2004, it’s hardly the only good console shooter out there. You have…

Short version: The SteelSeries Spectrum 5XB is a headset for your Xbox 360 (and PC) that lets you separate your online teammates’ voices from the sounds explosions, gunfire, and other…

The fall video game rush begins tomorrow with the release of Halo: Reach for the Xbox 360. That’s the key—tomorrow. If you somehow got a copy of the game at…

Dude, this is totally a good deal. A new Xbox 360 with 802.11n, 4GB, and a wireless controller for $169? Yessir. I’ll take two. [Dell Home via i4u]

Kinect Adventures and a 250GB HDD is also included in the bundle Microsoft just revealed. The bundle has been spotted a month ago and now it is confirmed that the…

Hardware

Microsoft Updating Xbox 360 Controller

12:30 pm PDT • August 31, 2010

There’s a rumor making it’s way around the internet this morning, it seems that Microsoft may be launching an updated Xbox 360 controller this coming holiday season. Again, this isn’t…

The Full-On Assault On Cable Is Underway

5:03 pm PDT • August 29, 2010

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon — when you hear these names, you usually think about how these tech giants all compete with one another. But what if they all teamed…

The Full-On Assault On Cable Is Underway

China is, shall we say, fairly lax when it comes to intellectual property laws. Therefore, game manufacturers are afraid to drop their consoles into that roiling pit of counterfeiting and…

Oh, it’s been about a month or so since Red Dead Redemption has spun around inside my Xbox 360, but Rockstar’s new DLC, the Legends and Killers Pack, may convince…

Best Buy is reducing the price on old-model Xbox 360 bundles. They need to be cleared out to make space for the new slim design. Packaged with the console will…

If you’re a Halo fan and haven’t bought the new 360 yet, you’re in luck. This September 15, Halo: Reach will be launching alongside a sweet new Xbox with Halo…

Microsoft, perhaps sensing that it was losing control of the story, has gone on record as saying, essentially, yes, the Kinect will initially be aimed at a “casual” gaming audience,…

Strap yourself in for new Xbox 360 SKUs and prices. The hard drive-less Xbox 360 Arcade will be replaced with a $199 SKU that comes with 4GB of flash storage.…

In a lateral move that is akin to a car company selling buggy whips, MovieTickets.com will start selling movie tickets through an Xbox 360 interface, thereby allowing players to experience…

Hardware

Xbox 360 sales jump after redesign

10:00 pm PDT • July 15, 2010

Apparently changing the look of the Xbox 360 was the thing to do for Microsoft; they saw a huge jump in sales or the month of June, surpassing even the…

It’s no secret that retailers love them some gaming system bundles. Easy money. Traditionally they include a random 3rd-party accessory pack along with a sub-par game. However, Walmart’s Kinect bundle…

Whatever you say, Microsoft. The House that Gates built believes that “hardcore gamers” will be the first to buy the Kinect, which comes out in November. Or, in the exact…

Hardware

Review: Xbox 360 S gaming console

1:42 pm PDT • June 25, 2010

It’s fairly hard to review the latest crop of consoles. Nintendo, for example, just released a black Wii – it’s the same Wii, but black – and, not to be…

Hardware

Microsoft taking a loss on Kinect?

1:00 am PDT • June 23, 2010

Inside sources close to the matter have said that the build costs of Kinect are near $150. When you add up all the time to write the software and the…

Rejoice user! Devin won’t be keeling over from auto-erotic asphyxiation after all. The TRON controllers that he saw at E3 and threatened to hold his breath over? Well, they are…